With Torey Lovullo out of Boston and settled into the manager’s office for the Arizona Diamondbacks, John Farrell lost one of his best friends.
But he might have gained some job security.
Beginning his fifth year as the Red Sox manager, Farrell has a new bench coach, Gary DiSarcina, who has respect from his peers but lacks the experience and reputation of Lovullo, who was long known to be a manager-in-waiting.
Farrell’s job security might look a little tighter now, but the expectations on the 2017 Sox are too high for any manager to be safe.