Craig Breslow is the last man standing as the Red Sox coaching staff is gutted originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

The Boston Red Sox surprised the entire MLB world with their mass firing of their coaching staff, leaving only a few in the pitching staff, and making replacements with their AAA and AA skippers.

Now, the Sox have their interims, and they can’t be blamed for what’s ahead of them. That would fall on the constructor of the roster, Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow.

Many Red Sox players, current and former, are very unhappy with the sudden changes. Leading the charge for current players is shortstop Trevor Story, who was very unhappy with the explanation from the front office, and wanted a better one.

“If this shows us anything,” Story said, “it’s we’re here to play baseball, and that’s it. We don’t make decisions. We don’t have any input on that,” (via Spencer Nusbaum).

One former anonymous player, who’s still active, stated that Breslow is taking no accountability, and firing the coaches was the wrong thing to do.

“Just no accountability on (Breslow’s) part. Fires everyone but his pitching coaches? 7 coaches?! He should fire himself,” (via Gabrielle Starr).

The only coaches left were Pitching Coach Andrew Bailey and his assistants, all of whom were Breslow hires.

Now, with basically the entire coaching staff out, all eyes are on Craig Breslow. He’s now more involved than ever in the day-to-day Sox activities, and with the coaching slate wiped clean, he’s the man in charge.

Now, this could be good for him. If the Sox are able to bounce back from their 11-17 funk, Breslow makes a couple key deadline trades, and they make the playoffs, he’s a hero. However, if anything short of that happens, consequences await.

If the Sox are not able to get back to contention or at least .500, Breslow could be next. Ownership stood by him when he relieved the coaches of their duties, but they can only do so much before fans start to force their hands.

If Boston fans start to boycott, Fenway Sports Group will feel it. And if that happens, they will do anything to keep their prize organization up and running.

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