The coaching staff for manager Alex Cora in 2021 is set:
Will Venable will be Cora's bench coach. Dave Bush (pitching coach), Tim Hyers (hitting coach), Peter Fatse (assistant hitting coach), Tom Goodwin (first-base coach) and Carlos Febles (third-base coach) are carry-overs from 2020. There are three additions: Venable, Kevin Walker (bullpen coach), Jason Varitek (game planning coordinator), Ramón Vázquez (quality control coach/interpreter).
Cora, on the 2020 Red Sox:
"I still believe you've got to play fast. You take a look at the teams around the league. The Rays, the Dodgers, the Padres, for how powerful they are, they hit the ball out of the ballpark, but they still run the bases well and are plus teams defensively.