Heated Trevor Story questions Red Sox brass over 'direction of franchise'

Greg Dudek and Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald on Apr 26, 2026

Published in Baseball

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BOSTON — Prior to Sunday’s game, chief baseball officer Craig Breslow and interim manager Chad Tracy spoke to Boston Red Sox players to address them about the club’s managerial change.

Speaking to reporters in the Camden Yards visitor’s clubhouse afterward, several veteran Red Sox players offered unusually candid assessments of the meeting and in some cases frustration about the situation.

Shortstop Trevor Story was particularly heated. According to Spencer Nusbaum of The Athletic and others, Story said the explanation the players received from Breslow was not sufficient and that he didn’t believe the fired coaches got a fair shot.

“It’s kind of up in the air what the true direction of the franchise is,” Story said.

Story signed a six-year, $140-million deal with Boston in March 2022 and is one of the longest-tenured active players on the roster. He also is a respected leader in the clubhouse — several of the team’s young stars like Roman Anthony and Marcelo Mayer have trained with him during the offseason at what has been dubbed “Story Camp.”

And Story, who picked up his $25 million player option to stay with the Red Sox this offseason, needs to be convinced that the firing of Cora will improve the team’s odds of turning things around after an 11-17 start.

“I came here to win and I came here to be successful,” Story told reporters, per The Associated Press. “And we had a flash of that last year. We’re looking to build on that. Obviously not off to a great start. But yeah, some of the direction needs to be cleared up, in my opinion.”

According to Tim Healey of the Boston Globe and others, right-hander Garrett Whitlock said Breslow spoke for about two minutes and Tracy for about five minutes. Principal owner John Henry and CEO Sam Kennedy were in the room but did not speak, and Whitlock said players were not invited to ask questions about the change.

“They made it very clear that we get paid to play baseball and we need to just focus on playing baseball,” Whitlock said.

It was clear that Story wanted more answers from Red Sox brass and said the two sides need to have more immediate talks to try to clear the air.

“They spoke. Yeah, they spoke,” Story said, per The Associated Press. “There just has to be more conversations had. I wouldn’t say it was satisfactory.”

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