New York podcaster floats insane Yankees theory Red Sox fans may be starting to believe

The shocking, early firing of Alex Cora and six other coaches has rippled through the Boston Red Sox fanbase and MLB, at large for a week.

Of course, there are differences of opinion all over the place — some people say that Cora has been in Boston (mostly) since 2018 and a new voice is needed, but others see Cora as one of the best managers in the game, and firing him in April is akin to throwing in the towel. Joez McFly's (joke) analysis of the move on Jomboy Media's "Talkin' Baseball" podcast has made some Red Sox fans think.

"They're letting go all the people that I don't want the Yankees to see: [Rafael] Devers, Mookie Betts, [Xander] Bogaerts would kill the Yankees, Cora, [Alex] Bregman. It's like, 'thank you!'" McFly said. "Maybe, hey, I have a theory, maybe [John] Henry's a Yankee fan."

Red Sox and Fenway Sports Group owner Henry grew up at St. Louis Cardinals fan, and it is rather foolish to speculate that he's something like a Yankees double agent. But it's been so difficult to make sense of Boston's player and personnel decisions in recent years that blaming the Yankees is the funniest and most lighthearted way to explain them.

New York podcast host wonders why Red Sox have done so much that makes Yankees' lives easier in recent years

There's no denying that the Red Sox have done everything they can to make the Yankees' lives easier in recent years, whether that was their desired outcome or not. Betts is an obvious Hall of Famer and possibly one of the Red Sox's best homegrown players of all time, but Boston traded him purely to avoid spending money to keep him, as fans very well know by now. The Red Sox didn't extend Bogaerts before he hit free agency, which likely would've saved them money on his contract had he stayed. Devers was on track to be one of the top Yankee killers in Red Sox history, having already broken, at 28 years old, no less, some records that David Ortiz achieved against them.

Cora is widely regarded by players, executives, insiders and reporters as one of the best managers in baseball. He's already declined an offer to manage the Philadelphia Phillies under Dave Dombrowski, and that surely won't be the last job offer he fields. Cora had been in Boston for almost eight years with relatively little to show for his tenure — he won one World Series in his first year and made the ALCS once — yet, experts see his talents and ability to interact with players in a productive way (a skill for which Craig Breslow has absolutely no feel).

There have been many issues with the Red Sox's play in the early goings of the season, from terrible swing decisions to poor defense to underperforming pitching. But Cora didn't build their roster that has zero established veterans, no leaders and absolutely no thump. Bringing Chad Tracy up from a Triple-A team, despite his excellent rapport with his players, isn't going to change any of those things.

The Red Sox think they're saving their season by dismissing Cora and his coaching staff so early. To New York fans and others around the American League East, Henry and Boston may have done the opposite. If the Red Sox don't improve under Tracy's leadership, it will look like they quit on the season, giving the Yankees an easy path back to the top of the division.

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