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Tracy has been the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox manager since 2022.
Chad Tracy will replace Alex Cora at the helm beginning Sunday. Barry Chin/Globe Staff
The Boston Red Sox made a massive personnel shakeup after snapping their four-game losing skid with a dramatic 17-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles Saturday.
The Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora, bench coach Ramon Vazquez, hitting coach Peter Fatse, third base coach Kyle Hudson, and two other hitting coaches. Game Planning and run prevention coach Jason Varitek was reassigned to a different role within the organization, according to the official release.
Boston, which stands at 10-17 and is in last place in the American League East, announced that Triple-A Worcester Red Sox manager Chad Tracy will serve as interim manager for the big-league club in place of Cora.
Here are five things to know about Boston’s interim skipper:
Chad Tracy has been the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox manager since 2022.
Chad Tracy, 40, has worked in the Red Sox minor league system for nearly a half-decade. He was hired as the Worcester Red Sox’ manager in December 2021 and managed his first season in 2022. He replaced Billy McMillon, who had held the same position when they were the Pawtucket Red Sox.
Since Tracy’s hiring, the WooSox have a 323-296 record. The Triple-A club has not competed in MiLB postseason baseball since making the move to Worcester from Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 2021.
Through 25 games, the WooSox possess a 14-11 record and are two games behind first place in the International League. Worcester’s record is tied with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs for the best in the IL East entering Saturday.
Entering the 2026 season, Tracy said his job had “become less stressful” and he had “a pretty good idea” of what to expect in Worcester.
He’s extremely familiar with the Red Sox’ young core.
Given Tracy’s managerial role with the Red Sox’ Triple-A affiliate, he is no stranger to much of the big-league roster. He managed current MLB players like Roman Anthony and Marcelo Mayer as recently as last season.
Tracy has also managed pitchers Eduardo Rivera and Jack Anderson this season, who received promotions to Boston this month. He managed several current Red Sox while they were on rehab assignments with the WooSox in 2025, such as Masataka Yoshida.
Tracy managed several other current, and many homegrown, Red Sox during their stops in Worcester in recent years. Jarren Duran (2022, ‘23) Connor Wong (2023), and Ceddanne Rafaela (2023) are notable names to play under Tracy.
He has also managed Kristian Campbell dating back to 2024. Campbell showed flashes of potential during his rookie season with Boston last year. Campbell was named American League Rookie of the Month for March and April for his performance early on with the Red Sox. The award came after he inked an eight-year, $60 million contract extension with the organization.
He played eight seasons in the minor leagues.
Tracy never made it to MLB as a player, but he did have a lengthy minor league baseball career.
Tracy, who attended Pepperdine University, was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the third round, No. 88 overall, in the 2006 MLB Draft. He rose through the minors between ‘06 and ‘13, primarily playing first base and designated hitter for various organization’s farm systems.
Tracy also played some left field and catcher, the latter in his first three seasons.
Across his eight seasons, Tracy finished his MiLB playing career with a .265 batting average, .336 on-base percentage, and .789 OPS. He collected 127 home runs, 572 RBI, and scored 462 times in 857 career games. He also stole 32 bases and hit eight triples.
Tracy was named a Texas Rangers MiLB.com Organization All-Star in 2010 and ‘11. He competed in the postseason on three occasions, once at the Single-A, Double-A, and Triple-A level each. He batted .288 with an .868 OPS, four home runs, and 14 RBI in playoff competition across 17 games.
He spent several years as a coach in the Los Angeles Angels farm system.
Tracy had plenty of minor league coaching experience under his belt when Worcester hired him in 2021.
All of Tracy’s coaching resume before Worcester came in the Angels’ organization. He managed Los Angeles’ then-Class-A affiliate Burlington Bees in 2015 and L.A.’s then-Class-A-Advanced Inland Empire 66ers in 2016 and ‘17.
After those managerial stints, Tracy became the Angels’ minor league field coordinator and held that position until heading to Worcester.
His father was a longtime MLB manager.
Tracy will make his MLB managerial debut with Boston on Sunday in its series finale against the Orioles. But, he’s not oblivious to what it takes to be a major-league skipper.
Tracy’s father, Jim Tracy, managed three MLB teams in the 2000s and part of the 2010s. Jim also played for the Chicago Cubs for two seasons in the early 1980s.
Jim was the Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager from 2001-05 and the Pittsburgh Pirates’ manager in 2006 and ‘07 before finishing his managerial career with the Colorado Rockies from 2009-2012.
Chad would have been about 15 years old when his father took his first MLB job.
Jim was named National League Manager of the Year in 2009. He made the postseason twice; Los Angeles lost the NLDS in 2004 and Colorado lost the same series in 2009.
Interestingly, Cora played for Jim with the Dodgers from 2001-04.
Chad’s paternal grandfather and two brothers played baseball professionally, also.
Kaley Brown
Kaley Brown is a sports producer for Boston.com, where she covers the Bruins, Celtics, Patriots, and Red Sox.
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