Red Sox' early-season woes compounded by Kyle Harrison’s best start yet

If you've dared to turn your attention over to the lifeless mass that is the 2026 Boston Red Sox in recent days, then you've no doubt seen that they just blew up their entire coaching staff, firing manager Alex Cora as well as bench coach Ramón Vázquez, third-base coach Kyle Hudson, assistant hitting coach Dillon Lawson, hitting coach Peter Fatse, and hitting strategy coach Joe Cronin.

Yeesh. It turns out that a front office can only endure Caleb Durbin's regression for so long.

In all seriousness, the 10-17 Red Sox (at the time of Cora's firing) have gotten poor performances from most of their roster, which includes former Milwaukee Brewers Andruw Monasterio (negative fWAR) and Durbin (47 wRC+). But that list also extends to incumbent stars like Garrett Crochet, Jarren Duran, and Brayan Bello.

Meanwhile, the Brewers are winning yet another trade with Boston, thanks to the recent dominance of Kyle Harrison. Less than a day after news broke that his former coaching staff had been gutted, the 24-year-old southpaw went out and shoved during the best outing of his young career.

Can I offer any Red Sox fans some additional salt for their fresh wounds?

Kyle Harrison is dominating for Brewers and making Red Sox dearly regret Caleb Durbin trade

Harrison has been a gem for the Brewers all year long, even tying CC Sabathia for some franchise history amongst southpaws. His 2.28 ERA is the best figure in the Crew's rotation.

If this month has been a work of art, then his latest start against the Pirates was his masterpiece. Harrison tossed six scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out 12. It was so comprehensively dominant, as he tossed 71 of his 102 pitches for strikes.

He ruthlessly peppered the top of the zone with fastballs, allowing just two hard-hit balls all day (one of which was the lone single by Marcell Ozuna). He was in complete command the whole way through.

Meanwhile, over in Boston, Crochet has a 6.30 ERA, and Bello has been one of the worst-qualified pitchers in the sport this year (-0.6 fWAR). They have a pair of young southpaws doing excellent work in Connelly Early and Payton Tolle, but you can be sure they'd like to make that duo a trio if they could take the Harrison trade back.

But this is why the Red Sox purged their coaching staff. Durbin's regression and Harrison's surge aren't mere coincidences; the front office in Beantown has long been frustrated with the coaching staff's inability to maximize their own players.

Maybe they need to hold a mirror up to themselves, though. It wasn't Cora who gift-wrapped Harrison to Milwaukee.

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