Red Sox’s Cora on late scratch of Verdugo vs. Blue Jays: ‘Manager’s decision’

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Published 05.08.2023

Red Sox’s Cora on late scratch of Verdugo vs. Blue Jays: ‘Manager’s decision’

One of the Boston Red Sox‘s finest gamers in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays this season was made a late scratch Saturday in what was known as a “manager’s decision” by Alex Cora.

After a 5-4 loss to the Blue Jays, the Red Sox supervisor didn’t elaborate on his causes for benching outfielder Alex Verdugo.

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“I decided not to play him,” Cora stated. “Today we took a step back as a team. We have to make sure everybody is available every single day here for us to get to wherever we’re going to go. That wasn’t the case. As a manager, I have to take charge of this.”

Verdugo additionally didn’t supply a transparent clarification for Cora’s name.

“Manager’s decision. We’re going to leave it at that and just be ready to play tomorrow,” he stated.

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“I don’t want to go too far into it. It’s his decision and that’s what we went with. Obviously, I want to be available and I want to help in big parts and I want to help this team win. All we can do now is look forward to tomorrow, come here and be ready to play.”

Ian Brown of MLB.com reported Verdugo confirmed up simply two hours earlier than the sport began, a attainable purpose why Cora may have been upset.

But Verdugo, who’s hitting simply .148 in his previous 15 video games, instructed reporters he was on time.

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Cora, who watched his staff lose on a game-ending double play when former Blue Jays catcher Reese McGuire didn’t keep near the bag at second on a ball that was caught on the wall by Toronto outfielder Kevin Kiermaier, known as it considered one of his “worst days” as supervisor of the membership, per Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com

“We have to be available. Everybody has to be available. For us to do this, we have to be available,” Cora stated. “From coaches to players to analysts to the front office, everybody has to be available every single day. That’s the bottom line. Today, one guy wasn’t available.”

Verdugo performed an enormous function within the Red Sox profitable their first seven video games of the season in opposition to the Blue Jays. He hit one walk-off house run, one go-ahead house run within the ninth inning and threw out Bo Bichette on the plate to disclaim Toronto a tying run and finish one other sport.

But now, the Red Sox have misplaced two in a row in opposition to the Blue Jays and have fallen 4 video games behind Toronto within the race for the third and last wild-card spot.