The Red Sox now have another hole to fill.
Just days after parting ways with Terry Francona, the Red Sox notified first base coach Ron Johnson that they won't be renewing his contract.
Johnson just completed his 12th season in the Red Sox organization.
"Obviously, I’m disappointed," Johnson told CSNNE.com. "I always considered myself a Red Sox for life. I have the utmost love for a lot of people there. But that’s baseball and things happen, and it’s time to start a new chapter.
"But I will never forget what they did for me," he added. "I told them, 'You guys are like family to me. I understand what you need to do.' And no matter what uniform I’m wearing I’ll always be kind of rooting for them because there’s a lot of special people over there. And for me, more than probably most, because of the personal things I got involved with when my daughter got hurt."
