Decision cost by category
Season to date · categories cover different scopes and aren't summed into a total — reliever selection is high-leverage spots only; the Relievers leaderboard shows a rolling 30-day window.
Cost by category
Boston Red Sox cost themselves 1.68 R from lineup decisions, 11.02 R from high-leverage reliever selection, 2.18 R from bunts, 0.68 R from intentional walks.
Season to date · shown per category, not summed — reliever selection is high-leverage spots only (the Relievers board uses a rolling 30-day window).
How this compares — league ranking
Lineup decisions
Chad Tracy ranks 8th of 30 managers in MLB.
- 1 Dave Roberts LAD 1.34 R
- 2 John Schneider TOR 1.60 R
- 3 Craig Stammen SD 1.73 R
- 8 Chad Tracy BOS 1.68 R
- 28 Carlos Mendoza NYM 4.24 R
- 29 Joe Espada HOU 4.57 R
- 30 Will Venable CWS 4.91 R
Bunt decisions
Chad Tracy ranks 25th of 30 managers in MLB.
- 1 Aaron Boone NYY 0.28 R
- 2 Don Kelly PIT 0.56 R
- 3 Craig Counsell CHC 0.65 R
- 25 Chad Tracy BOS 2.18 R
- 28 Kevin Cash TB 3.63 R
- 29 Torey Lovullo AZ 3.64 R
- 30 Pat Murphy MIL 3.77 R
Intentional walks
Chad Tracy ranks 3rd of 30 managers in MLB.
- 1 Joe Espada HOU 0.49 R
- 2 Clayton McCullough MIA 0.88 R
- 3 Chad Tracy BOS 0.68 R
- 28 Kurt Suzuki LAA 3.96 R
- 29 Dave Roberts LAD 3.95 R
- 30 Pat Murphy MIL 4.78 R
Game-by-game breakdown
Last 7 in tenure · Δ R/GMost costly decisions
Flagged · click for detailPredecessor / successor
- Games
- 29
- Record
- 12-17
- Lineup cost
- 2.13 R (0.07 R/G)
- Bunts
- 0.15 R (2)
- IBBs
- 0.24 R (2)
- Games
- 82
- Record
- 41-34
- Lineup cost
- 1.68 R (0.02 R/G)
- Bunts
- 2.18 R (23)
- IBBs
- 0.68 R (4)
Chad Tracy took over on April 27, 2026 after Alex Cora was fired. Through their first 82 games, Tracy's lineup decisions cost 1.68 R compared to Cora's 2.13 R across 29 games.
Tenure summary
Chad Tracy is the interim manager of the Boston Red Sox, having taken over on April 27, 2026.
Through 82 games of decision data, their tactical decisions cost the team an estimated 4.54 R across lineup construction, bunt strategy, and intentional walks. Lineup decisions accounted for 1.68 R of that — the largest single category.
The team's 41-34 record places them 7 games over .500. Tracy has called 23 sacrifice bunts (2.18 R in expected runs). Intentional walks have been issued 4 times for an expected cost of 0.68 R.
Deep analytical views
The overview above is the SEO surface. Each link below opens the interactive analyzer for that decision type — sortable lists, per-game breakdowns, and the underlying numbers.
How this is calculated
Stats reflect only Chad Tracy's tenure as Red Sox manager — events from before the start date or after the end date are excluded. Lineup cost is the difference between an optimized batting order and the one actually used, summed across regular-season games. Bunt and intentional-walk costs come from per-decision run-expectancy deltas. Pitching cost is the sum of pull-timing and reliever-selection runs lost. Costs are shown as a season total and a per-game rate (R/G); rankings compare this tenure's per-game rate against the league-wide distribution of current and recent manager tenures. RunsLeft does not assign letter grades — the costs and rankings are descriptive analytics.
Read the full methodology. Career managing history coming in v2 with Lahman integration.