Was Alex Bregman the only force keeping the Boston Red Sox from implosion last year? The truth is usually more complicated than we make it seem, but it's hard to dispute the circumstantial evidence in Bregman's case. Boston made the playoffs for the first time since 2021 in his only year in town, then started 9-17 and fired manager Alex Cora (who had close personal ties to Bregman) over the weekend. On Wednesday, The Athletic 's Ken Rosenthal, Chad Jennings, Jen McCaffrey, and Patrick Mooney co-authored a story about Craig Breslow's mercurial tendencies as Red Sox chief baseball officer, and some of the anecdotes about Bregman reinforced the narrative we've spelled out above. If you like our content,  choose Sports Illustrated as a preferred source on Google . Bregman, Breslow disagreed on hitting coaches? Nov 7, 2023; Scottsdale, AZ, USA; Boston Red Six chief baseball officer Craig Breslow speaks to the media during the MLB General Manager's Meetings at Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa.…