Red Sox promoting fired Yankees coach should be hilarious 2025 storyline

Red Sox fans might be sitting at home, laughing at the Yankees' World Series stinker, but guess what?! New York has now won a division title and AL Pennant more recently than Boston, a franchise that went from a behemoth to a directionless mess. Enjoy your championships, we don't envy the downfall.

Turns out, Yankees fans might have even more to laugh about when it comes to the Red Sox once 2025 arrives. This past weekend, the Sox announced they were promoting minor league hitting coordinator Dillon Lawson to the MLB staff as the team's assistant hitting coach.

Does Lawson's name ring a bell? Well, it should, because back in 2023 he became the first midseason firing of the Brian Cashman era (1998-present). Let that sink in.

Either Lawson was unimaginably bad, or the Yankees needed a scapegoat and felt like he was the most expendable at that moment. Maybe he has valuable knowledge. After all, he's now been a member of two high-profile major league staffs.

We just wouldn't bet on it because we've heard his philosophy many times, and we saw countless prospects flame out once they reached Triple-A or the bigs. Plus, when we listened to him try to explain how the Yankees' offense could turn it around during a dreadful 2023, we wanted to run into the woods and hide.

Red Sox promoting fired Yankees coach Dillon Lawson should be hilarious 2025 storyline

Perhaps Red Sox manager Alex Cora can get more out of Lawson than Aaron Boone did. After all, Boone has seen his coaching staff experience turnover multiple times during his seven-year tenure with the Yankees. It's possible.

But we've also seen Cora's managerial chops on the decline the last few years. The Red Sox have been downright bad since 2022, and the moment after Cora signed his extension, in July of 2024, the team completely cratered and fell out of a playoff spot.

Additionally, it's not like Lawson revamped anything in the Red Sox system — something he was credited doing in New York. He inherited the league's current No. 7-ranked group of prospects and will now join a major league staff that is inferior to the Yankees' lineup he was responsible for just over a year ago.

The Red Sox have been figuring out new ways to ruin the Yankees' good time since 2004 without fail. Maybe Lawson's presence will help limit that tortue, as his hiring could be seen as a misstep by the Red Sox trying to prove their rivals wrong.