{"id":111883,"date":"2025-10-24T09:42:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=111883"},"modified":"2025-10-24T09:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:42:16","slug":"%e2%9c%85-official-update-red-sox-finalize-alex-coras-2026-coaching-staff-with-a-new-assistant-hitting-coach-insiders-reveal-what-this-means-for-bostons-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=111883","title":{"rendered":"\u2705 OFFICIAL UPDATE: Red Sox finalize Alex Cora\u2019s 2026 coaching staff with a new assistant hitting coach \u2014 insiders reveal what this means for Boston\u2019s offense!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<nav aria-label=\"articleLabel\">\n<ol id=\"articleLabel__list\"><\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\">\n<article id=\"arc-XHJN3PD7PZFQXA5NP7QA6BAJSY\" data-type=\"article\">\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<div><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/4PYSK7LBFRDUHO3M6SMR67UOOQ.jpg?auth=d747c331a368ac669f3c8a597263e6d5b45254faec330bd198ecaa3a7ae93833&amp;width=500&amp;smart=true&amp;quality=90 500w\" media=\"(max-width: 500px)\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/4PYSK7LBFRDUHO3M6SMR67UOOQ.jpg?auth=d747c331a368ac669f3c8a597263e6d5b45254faec330bd198ecaa3a7ae93833&amp;width=800&amp;smart=true&amp;quality=90 800w\" media=\"(max-width: 800px)\" sizes=\"80vw\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/4PYSK7LBFRDUHO3M6SMR67UOOQ.jpg?auth=d747c331a368ac669f3c8a597263e6d5b45254faec330bd198ecaa3a7ae93833&amp;width=1280&amp;smart=true&amp;quality=90 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, (max-width: 800px) 80vw, 60vw\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/4PYSK7LBFRDUHO3M6SMR67UOOQ.jpg?auth=d747c331a368ac669f3c8a597263e6d5b45254faec330bd198ecaa3a7ae93833&amp;width=1280&amp;smart=true&amp;quality=90\" alt=\"Red Sox make assistant hitting coach hire to fill out Alex Cora\u2019s 2026 staff\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Alex Cora&#8217;s staff will include a new assistant hitting coach in 2026. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi\/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)Boston Globe via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"XUC45YLE6JDYTHIG55QVQKMQ4E\">Less than two weeks after informing assistant hitting coach Ben Rosenthal that he wouldn\u2019t return in 2026, the Red Sox have promoted from within to fill that vacant spot on Alex Cora\u2019s coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6TFHL3X3LBDPRO3RXI5ZOIJTWY\">A source confirmed a report from The Athletic\u2019s Jen McCaffrey that John Soteropulos, who was serving as the organization\u2019s hitting coordinator, will join the big league staff as an assistant hitting coach next season. Soteropulos and Dillon Lawson will be the two assistants on hitting coach Pete Fatse\u2019s staff. At this time, no other changes are anticipated when it comes to the coaching staff, though bench coach Ram\u00f3n V\u00e1zquez did interview for the Twins\u2019 managerial opening.<\/p>\n<p id=\"FPW6HM3Z55DZZCDCCRDSBYTMBQ\">Soteropulos has been with the organization since January 2023. He spent that year as a roving complex hitting coach before being promoted to an organization-wide hitting coordinator in December 2023. The 32-year-old is a Cal product who played baseball in Berkeley from 2013 to 2015 and got into the coaching ranks as an employee of Driveline Baseball (as a business associate and hitting trainer) from 2019 to 2023.<\/p>\n<p id=\"64YNA44GZFGM3LTAQ3QLE75KU4\">The Red Sox haven\u2019t finalized new contracts with every member of the coaching staff but the expectation remains that everyone else, including game planning and run prevention coach Jason Varitek, will return in the same roles they served in 2025.<\/p>\n<section data-gaid=\"\u00abRrlb8m\u00bb\">\n<ul data-testid=\"list\">\n<li>Playoffs? Lottery? 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