You Are The Worse Coach I Ever Met” Star Player Disparaging The Boston Red Head Coach Alex Cora….

The Tigers have been playing pretty well through the opening week of their exhibition season, having won five of their first nine games, including a 7-2 win over the New York Yankees on Sunday. They are tied with the Atlanta Braves for fifth in the Grapefruit League. A couple of prospects have impressed over the first few games, including former West Michigan Whitecaps like Wenceel Perez and Gage Workman.

The Red Sox are 7-3 so far this spring, good for second in the Grapefruit League. They are coming off a loss to the Minnesota Twins last Friday

This is the second and final Spring Training matchup between the Tigers and BoSox. Boston won the first meeting last Thursday, 5-2, over in Fort Myers.

James Paxton started strong with the Boston Red Sox in 2023. But injuries derailed his performance down the stretch.

Talking to the Los Angeles Times, Paxton says his body burned out last season in Boston, where his performance dipped precipitously halfway through his 19 starts. Paxton told the LA Times that his pitches lacked the spark from earlier in the year, leaving him feeling almost “naked” to opposing hitters.

“The life on my stuff was not there,” Paxton said, via the LA Times. “I could still throw hard, but I didn’t have any finish on anything. The ball was coming in kind of dead. And it doesn’t matter how hard you’re throwing, if it’s coming in dead, it’s sitting there on a tee for them. I felt kind of naked out there. I was grinding as hard as I could, and it just wasn’t coming.”