Article: After A Rough Few Months Is It Time For Alex Cora To Be On The Hot Seat?

[Nick John]

Since being hired before the 2018 season, Alex Cora has led the Boston Red Sox as manager, excluding his suspension during the 2020 season, but now it may be time for a different voice. Everyone remembers Cora positively for how 2018 ended with the greatest Red Sox team of all time winning the World Series; unfortunately, things have not been as positive since.

2019 saw the Red Sox under Cora attempt to repeat, but it’s never easy, and the team struggled with injuries and inconsistencies. The team saw injuries to the rotation as Chris Sale, David Price, and Nathan Eovaldi pitched in 25 or fewer games, with Eovaldi bouncing between the rotation and bullpen. Offensively, the team received only six games out of Dustin Pedroia, 29 games from Steve Pearce, and 91 games from Mitch Moreland. And yet they still had career years from Christian Vázquez, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers, Eduardo Rodríguez, and Brandon Workman. There were great seasons from Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez, while also getting a quality rookie season from Michael Chavis.

And still, the team only won 84 games that season.

2020 was a lost season. Cora was suspended and fired before the season even began due to the 2017 Astros’ cheating scandal. Then, the season was shortened due to COVID-19, limiting it to 60 games plus an expanded playoff. The Sox would stumble through that season before Chaim Bloom rehired Cora in 2021.

Cora seemed to turn the team around, leading a team that had no reason to be only two games away from the World Series. The roster differed from his 2018 championship team as Betts, Andrew Benintendi, Moreland, Price, and Jackie Bradley Jr. were all gone. Chris Sale was returning from Tommy John surgery and made nine starts for the team. And yet Cora managed to keep the team over-performing as they were in contention for the division until the last few weeks of the season. They got into the playoffs as a wild card team and knocked the Yankees out of the playoffs in the Wild Card Game before taking the Tampa Bay Rays out in the Division Series. Eventually, their magic ran out, and they lost in six games during the Championship Series to the Houston Astros.

Since then, the team has struggled. The Red Sox under Cora have not been above .500 since 2021, the closest being when they went 81-81 in 2024.

The usual complaints were that the Red Sox dealt with injuries and didn’t have the depth or the players to make a playoff run. There was no debate as the pitching failed to hold up in 2022 and 2023, as both seasons ended with the same record of 78-84. However, the story couldn’t be different. In 2022, the Red Sox had 52 wins heading into the trade deadline and were indecisive on what to do. They sold off Vázquez to the Houston Astros, getting back two prospects in Wilyer Abreu and Enmanuel Valdez. They also brought in Eric Hosmer, Reese McGuire, and Tommy Pham to try and strengthen the team for a playoff run.

They collapsed down the season, winning only 27 games across August, September, and October as the pitching failed to hold up.

2023 was much of the same. Gone was veteran Bogaerts, who Red Sox ownership let sign with San Diego for an 11-year, $280 million contract. He was replaced at shortstop by Kiké Hernández, who was awful defensively. Things were still a struggle on the pitching side as not a single starter had an ERA under 4.00. And despite that, the Red Sox were still in contention. With 56 wins entering the trade deadline, the Red Sox were only 2 ½ games out of a playoff spot and, unlike previous seasons, had a farm system with prospects that could either help at the major league level or be packaged in a trade.

Cora made it known which way he wanted the team to head in as he said to MassLive’s Chris Cotillo, “We’re in a good place. But at the end of the day, the place that we would like to play is in October. It’s not about how many prospects you have or where your farm system is. It might be No. 1 or 30th or whatever. The one that counts is how many games you win in October and how many games you play in October. That’s what we’re shooting for.”

At the time, Cora had every right to say that, especially as his team was fighting for a playoff spot after missing the postseason the prior season. They needed help, and they wanted it. They wanted the organization to say they believed the 2023 team could make the playoffs and compete for the World Series. Instead, Bloom failed to address the issues on the team, mostly surrounding the pitching, and the Red Sox collapsed down the stretch once more, winning only 22 games from August 1st until the end of the season.

Bloom would be relieved of his position before the end of the season, and a report from The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal didn’t come as a surprise when he wrote that “on the surface, the two seemed to co-exist professionally. But friends of Bloom, who spoke on condition of anonymity in exchange for their candor, believe Cora was not as supportive of Bloom as he could have been”. It isn’t a surprise that Cora wanted to win, and while Bloom did too, he didn’t make the moves Cora wanted to improve the roster. Instead, he wanted to build it up from within and support the next core with free agent signings.

Bloom would not see his vision through, and Craig Breslow was hired as the President of Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox. While Breslow made moves by replacing Dave Bush as pitching coach with Andrew Bailey, 2024 turned into more of the same.

While the team finished with an 81-81 record, the second-half collapse was the same as the past three seasons. At the end of July, the team had 57 wins, yet they finished down the stretch poorly, only winning 24 games, as once again the pitching collapsed. Unlike Bloom, Breslow did make moves. He brought in James Paxton, Luis Garcia, and Lucas Sims to try and bolster the pitching staff while also trading for Danny Jansen to be the backup catcher.

After missing the playoffs for three straight seasons, the team finally got aggressive in the offseason. They traded for Garrett Crochet and signed Aroldis Chapman, Alex Bregman, and Walker Buehler. They got the big names they hadn’t signed in previous years, and now the roster was ready to compete.

And yet on May 25th, the Red Sox now sit 27-28 after splitting a four-game series with the 18-34 Baltimore Orioles. In a 10-game homestand against the Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, and Baltimore Orioles, the team only went 5-5, and something has to give.

While the team has dealt with injuries, this consistent inconsistency has been a staple of the 2025 season and even longer, dating back to 2022. The pitching fails to go deep into games, the bullpen is overtaxed and mismanaged at times, and the offense can completely vanish at times when needed. In this homestand alone, the Red Sox scored two or fewer runs in five games. In May, they’ve scored two or fewer runs in nine games so far.

And the one constant since 2022 is the manager, Alex Cora. I’m not calling for him to be fired, but you must start discussing it. The Red Sox have not played very well, and many of their mistakes (fielding, baserunning, starters failing to go deep into games) fall on the coaching staff. The team has changed its pitching coach and defense coaches, yet the same mistakes are happening. It’s a sign of the culture within the team, one that the manager sets. One thing that Cora cannot change is that it might be time for a change in managers.

Cora can be a skilled manager; there’s no debating that. Sometimes he’s shown it by getting the most out of his players and winning games he had no business winning. But then there are times when you can’t help but question what he’s doing by pulling a pitcher early or handling the bullpen poorly in different situations. A key example being when he brought Sean Newcomb, a guy who pitches when the Sox are up or down by a lot, into a close game with runners on the corners. Or having exhausted his bullpen so much that he needs to rely on Brennan Bernardino and Luis Guerrero for high-leverage innings. But ever since winning the World Series in 2018, he’s had numbers that would have fired other managers. A manager who has better numbers than he did gets fired.

Let’s look at Cora’s numbers since they won in 2018. Since that season, Cora has a .509 winning percentage, one postseason appearance, two last-place finishes, and three losing seasons. John Farrell's predecessor also won it in his first season in Boston in 2013. After that, he managed four more seasons before being replaced by Cora after 2017. In those four seasons, Farrell had a .517 winning percentage, two division titles, two last-place finishes, and three losing seasons.

If that could get Farrell fired, why hasn’t there been a discussion about Cora being on the hot seat? There is too much talent on this team for them to struggle this consistently through not just 2025 but since 2022. The Red Sox have had three different people run the baseball operations under Cora, with Dave Dombrowski and Bloom being seen as the problems. Should the team keep losing, will Breslow be viewed as the issue? Coaching-wise, Cora has had three bench coaches, two third base coaches, five first base coaches, two hitting coaches, and three pitching coaches, which shows that the team will replace the coaches around Cora should they fail to produce the desired results.

On the defensive side, José David Flores and Kyle Hudson handle the infield and outfield defense, respectively, the former taking over for Andy Fox, who had been in that position since 2022. Pitching-wise, the team viewed a need to change it up and bring in Bailey, who had done a magnificent job with San Francisco’s pitchers. That hasn’t been replicated in Boston.

So, who’s to blame this time around? They got Cora the players he wanted, and last year, they changed the coaching staff. Now, the team is still mediocre. Something has to give; either the team starts winning, or John Henry and Breslow must start discussing what to do with Cora and his staff. The Red Sox have too much talent in their organization to let this continue.

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[Bellhorn04]

Cora is definitely on the hot seat now, but nobody really knows if he's actually the problem.

He's in his 7th season with the Sox.  Francona only made it through 8, and he won 2 titles and never less than 86 games.

 

[notin]

Sox are 440-426 under Cora since 2018.  Not sure what luster still remains…

[Old Red]

The Red Sox are lifeless, and listless, and so his Cora, but as Cora said two years ago when Bloom got axed I’m Safe.

[Bellhorn04]

But they also stink since JH booted Dombrowski and Mookie and decided to start hiring CBOs with no experience and stuff like that. I think the problems started at the top.  

[Old Red]

4 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

But they also stink since JH booted Dombrowski and Mookie and decided to start hiring CBOs with no experience and stuff like that. I think the problems started at the top.  

Starts at the top, but there is plenty of blame to go around. Ref Man said it best after the game yesterday.”We Suck right now”. Unfortunately it’s been 4 years in a row now.

[TedYazPapiMookie]

Interesting review of Cora's days in Boston.  He came to Boston an unqualified manager who got to inherit a phenomenal team because diversity was a hot topic and the Latin players had issues with a manager who didn't speak Spanish in the United States on an American team.  Enter the bilingual Cora with the gift of gab for the reporters, his bleeding heart for cast away bench guys like he was and a knack for cheating.  It was a perfect storm to hand Dombrowski and force down his throat.  What did Dombrowski do, like the professional he is, he went out and got Cora a guy named JD Martinez to completely stack an already very talented offense and add him to his already stacked pitching staff.  Even Cora couldn't lose with the 2018 team and so many times it sure seemed like he was trying to lose to keep his bench players liking him.  There was nothing a bench jockey like Cora could teach a Mookie Betts or Bogey or JD and so Cora simply had to fill out the line-up card and not make too many in game mistakes.  

After the players won the rings, he made one of his biggest mistakes by telling the SPs to show up to Spring Training late and the rest is history.  2019 was Cora's disaster first ruining the start of the season, then ruining his newly re-signed star pitcher's elbow with some sage pitching advice from a back-up infielder.  Then the world found out Cora had no character or integrity, and the owners apologized to him for having to fire him with the promise of hiring him back.  2020 was a disaster as we watched the best player since Ted Williams get shipped out by the new henchman hired to dismantle the 2018 champs.  It took him four years, but Bloom destroyed the organization with his poor signings or lack of signings and then he stuck a stake through the heart of fans by paying the worst 3B in history over $30Million a year for a decade when he was nothing more than an above average hitter who couldn't play defense. 

Cora managed as status quo during the Bloom dismantling.  They didn't seem to get along any better than Dombrowski and Cora all because Cora liked to have a direct line to the owners circumventing his bosses.   When Bloom got fired Cora should have gone too for completely different reasons.  Bloom dismantled the talent and Cora never learned how to do any aspect of managing other than meeting with the press and keeping the bench players happy.  He never learned how to set a line-up.  He never learned how to handle a pitching staff.  He never knew when to play small ball or go for the big inning.  He simply coasted in his cushy job and dodged bullets from the press when he made his many mistakes.  Status quo worked for him because he never had a work ethic when he played and he didn't have one as a manager.  He just wanted to be liked by everyone.

Now Breslow has provided TWO key replacements for Betts, JD, Bogaerts, Benny, Price, Sale and Eovaldi:  Crochet and Bregman.  The Bregman add was a double bonus by eliminating Devers' baseball glove.  This team got upgraded significantly but if you look at the 2018 versus this team you can still see a big gap in talent that needs to be filled with experience from some of the early draft choices made by Bloom when he was tanking the team.  There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but we really don't want to have the train driven by Cora anymore.  It's time to get a fresh, unbiased face who chooses his line-up based on talent and not nepotism, country of origin or previous relationships.  We need a manager that understands the TEAM concept so guys like Devers don't continue to develop from the farm system.  When Mayer commented about how great he is, it was a red flag that the Devers farm player pedestal still exists, and it sets expectations of player privileges that should not exist.

Breslow played his cards well because there were two massive problems when he got his job.  1 - Devers playing 3B and 2 - Cora being the manager.  The pitching staff improved when  Breslow brought in his people and it's too bad he couldn't immediately bring in his own manager.  I think it would have shown ownership it was time to invest in the team again but instead Cora led the team to another mediocre season in 2024.  Now it's happening again in 2025.  It's time to part ways with Cora and bring in an experienced manager with a working relationship with Breslow.  It needs to be his call because if it doesn't work, there is nobody to blame other than him.  No more focusing on diversity instead of baseball.  The fans want the most qualified manager not the best connected.

I guess we really have observed radically different scenarios under Cora but we both have come to the same conclusion for the future.

 

[Bellhorn04]

23 minutes ago, TedYazPapiMookie said:

Interesting review of Cora's days in Boston.  He came to Boston an unqualified manager who got to inherit a phenomenal team because diversity was a hot topic and the Latin players had issues with a manager who didn't speak Spanish in the United States on an American team.  Enter the bilingual Cora with the gift of gab for the reporters, his bleeding heart for cast away bench guys like he was and a knack for cheating.  It was a perfect storm to hand Dombrowski and force down his throat. 

Do you have anything from sources other than yourself to support your premise that Cora was forced on Dombrowski?

[Old Red]

11 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Do you have anything from sources other than yourself to support your premise that Cora was forced on Dombrowski?

I don’t think he was forced on DD. Forced on Bloom, and Brez is a different story IMO.

[TedYazPapiMookie]

35 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Do you have anything from sources other than yourself to support your premise that Cora was forced on Dombrowski?

This is from an article by Scott Lauber on Oct 22, 2017.

"Boston's decision to hire Cora comes after an expedited 11-day search. Within the past week, Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski met with three candidates -- Cora, former Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus and longtime Minnesota Twins skipper Ron Gardenhire, who has since been hired by the Tigers -- before settling on Cora, who also interviewed for openings with the New York Mets and the Tigers.

Cora quickly emerged as the Red Sox's top candidate. Dombrowski traveled to New York on Oct. 15 to interview Cora on an off day in the ALCS. A few days later, Cora spoke by phone with Red Sox owner John Henry."

 

RJ Anderson wrote this on Oct 22, 2017

"While Cora's big-league experience is plentiful, he's a relative newcomer to the bench. This season was his lone year as the Astros' bench coach. He'd previously done broadcasting work, while also serving as the general manager of the Puerto Rico national baseball team.

Former Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus was one of the Red Sox's other top candidates. Ausmus had previously worked with Red Sox team president Dave Dombrowski in Detroit."

 

Two weeks prior the owners met with the press about diversity and what the owners were going to do about improving it.  Henry stated they have a plan in place.  No Dombrowski at the press conference.   Then they do an 11-day search that identifies 3 candidates.  One diversity candidate, one close friend of Dombrowski's who he had a great working  relationship with in the past and an extremely qualified Gardenhire.  The latter two did not address the promised diversity issue that was to be remedied by Henry not Dombrowski.

Henry solved the diversity issue with his choice of managers and Dombrowski supported his decision but would have preferred Ausmus if you read between the lines.  Why wouldn't he prefer an experienced manager who he had worked with?  

Draw your own conclusions.  For me, this was pretty straight forward.  Henry wanted diversity and got it and Dombrowski had a mandate to hire him ahead of Ausmus.  

 

[mvp 78]

5 minutes ago, TedYazPapiMookie said:

This is from an article by Scott Lauber on Oct 22, 2017.

"Boston's decision to hire Cora comes after an expedited 11-day search. Within the past week, Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski met with three candidates -- Cora, former Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus and longtime Minnesota Twins skipper Ron Gardenhire, who has since been hired by the Tigers -- before settling on Cora, who also interviewed for openings with the New York Mets and the Tigers.

Cora quickly emerged as the Red Sox's top candidate. Dombrowski traveled to New York on Oct. 15 to interview Cora on an off day in the ALCS. A few days later, Cora spoke by phone with Red Sox owner John Henry."

 

RJ Anderson wrote this on Oct 22, 2017

"While Cora's big-league experience is plentiful, he's a relative newcomer to the bench. This season was his lone year as the Astros' bench coach. He'd previously done broadcasting work, while also serving as the general manager of the Puerto Rico national baseball team.

Former Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus was one of the Red Sox's other top candidates. Ausmus had previously worked with Red Sox team president Dave Dombrowski in Detroit."

Wow, that clears everything up!!!

[mvp 78]

6 minutes ago, TedYazPapiMookie said:

No Dombrowski at the press conference. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCxYyyFCejo

DD is right here next to Cora at the press conference. 

[TedYazPapiMookie]

5 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCxYyyFCejo

DD is right here next to Cora at the press conference. 

I'm confused.  Why are you showing that press conference.  That's not what I referenced in my response.  Of course he's at the introductory press conference, he's the GM.  The press conference referenced was ownership's diversity press conference.  

I can't be more clear than pointing to Ownership stating they have a plan for diversity and the 3rd most likely of three managers being announced 11 days later as the selection because he's bilingual.  Ownership clearly picked the least qualified to satisfy the diversity issue.

[mvp 78]

23 minutes ago, TedYazPapiMookie said:

I'm confused.  Why are you showing that press conference.  That's not what I referenced in my response.  Of course he's at the introductory press conference, he's the GM.  The press conference referenced was ownership's diversity press conference.  

I can't be more clear than pointing to Ownership stating they have a plan for diversity and the 3rd most likely of three managers being announced 11 days later as the selection because he's bilingual.  Ownership clearly picked the least qualified to satisfy the diversity issue.

The only reason he's the "third most likely hire" is because you believe it to be true.

Cora was the bench coach for a team that won 100 games and the World Series. He was always seen as a guy that was destined to be manager.

After Ausmus took over the Tigers gig, they went from winning playoff rounds every year, to being swept in the first round in year one and being out of the playoffs in his last three seasons (under .500 twice). He has not had a managerial job since then.

Gardenhire's last 4 seasons in MINN: 63, 66, 66 and 70 wins. How'd it work out at his DET gig? He had a .373 winning percentage. Seems like the Sox made the right call out of those three. 

[Nick John]

4 hours ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Do you have anything from sources other than yourself to support your premise that Cora was forced on Dombrowski?

If anything Cora was forced on Bloom rather than Dombrowski. Most heads of baseball operations hire their own guy, not the manager previously fired.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

"When Mayer commented about how great he is, it was a red flag that the Devers farm player pedestal still exists, and it sets expectations of player privileges that should not exist."

Mayer didn't call Devers great, but Casas did in Spring Training when he said guys like Mayer should be sent back to Worcester.

Of course, since you brought up farm players, anyone who watched those games in Florida remembers that Mayer clearly outplayed Kristian Campbell on offense and defense.

 

[notin]

2 hours ago, TedYazPapiMookie said:

This is from an article by Scott Lauber on Oct 22, 2017.

"Boston's decision to hire Cora comes after an expedited 11-day search. Within the past week, Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski met with three candidates -- Cora, former Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus and longtime Minnesota Twins skipper Ron Gardenhire, who has since been hired by the Tigers -- before settling on Cora, who also interviewed for openings with the New York Mets and the Tigers.

Cora quickly emerged as the Red Sox's top candidate. Dombrowski traveled to New York on Oct. 15 to interview Cora on an off day in the ALCS. A few days later, Cora spoke by phone with Red Sox owner John Henry."

 

RJ Anderson wrote this on Oct 22, 2017

"While Cora's big-league experience is plentiful, he's a relative newcomer to the bench. This season was his lone year as the Astros' bench coach. He'd previously done broadcasting work, while also serving as the general manager of the Puerto Rico national baseball team.

Former Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus was one of the Red Sox's other top candidates. Ausmus had previously worked with Red Sox team president Dave Dombrowski in Detroit."

 

Two weeks prior the owners met with the press about diversity and what the owners were going to do about improving it.  Henry stated they have a plan in place.  No Dombrowski at the press conference.   Then they do an 11-day search that identifies 3 candidates.  One diversity candidate, one close friend of Dombrowski's who he had a great working  relationship with in the past and an extremely qualified Gardenhire.  The latter two did not address the promised diversity issue that was to be remedied by Henry not Dombrowski.

Henry solved the diversity issue with his choice of managers and Dombrowski supported his decision but would have preferred Ausmus if you read between the lines.  Why wouldn't he prefer an experienced manager who he had worked with?  

Draw your own conclusions.  For me, this was pretty straight forward.  Henry wanted diversity and got it and Dombrowski had a mandate to hire him ahead of Ausmus.  

 

Cora was hired by Houston because of his serious in-depth knowledge of analytics, to the point where he basically told the team everything they had been doing was outdated and incomplete.  (Source: Cheated by Andy Martino)

Would it really be surprising if Boston hired him for this same reason?

[Bellhorn04]

1 hour ago, Nick John said:

If anything Cora was forced on Bloom rather than Dombrowski. Most heads of baseball operations hire their own guy, not the manager previously fired.

An unusual situation in that Cora's dismissal was directly related to a suspension.

The Sox FO swore Bloom was given free rein to choose a manager, and there were reports that Bloom and Cora had a lot of phone calls before Bloom finally decided to hire him back.

I don't know the truth any more than anyone else, but we're really relying on a lot of heavy speculation here.

[Bellhorn04]

3 hours ago, TedYazPapiMookie said:

I'm confused.  Why are you showing that press conference.  That's not what I referenced in my response.  Of course he's at the introductory press conference, he's the GM.  The press conference referenced was ownership's diversity press conference.  

I can't be more clear than pointing to Ownership stating they have a plan for diversity and the 3rd most likely of three managers being announced 11 days later as the selection because he's bilingual.  Ownership clearly picked the least qualified to satisfy the diversity issue.

This implies that Dave Dombrowski was somewhat of a spineless patsy in the whole affair.

I think of him more highly of than that.  He's moved from org to org and always been in demand, I imagine his bank account is healthy.  Why would he let something get shoved down his throat?

[dgalehouse]

I always thought that Dombrowski was happy with Cora as manager.  Didn't seem like there were any problems .

[TedYazPapiMookie]

2 hours ago, Bellhorn04 said:

This implies that Dave Dombrowski was somewhat of a spineless patsy in the whole affair.

I think of him more highly of than that.  He's moved from org to org and always been in demand, I imagine his bank account is healthy.  Why would he let something get shoved down his throat?

I think we agree about DD's personality.  He got run out of town when he refused to continue as GM when the owners refused to pay Mookie the $420 for 12 that his agent requested.  It was a $9Million dollar raise from his 2020 salary.  Heck JBJ was making $11M per year and he was easily replaced with a lesser defender but far better hitter and they would have had $2Million less payroll.  

I think the owners, specifically Henry, had image issues and was embarrassed publicly when he kept getting asked about diversity.  He had a self-image problem and a big ego and you could see how agitated he was when the Red Sox won their ring and the media credited DD not Henry for the great success.

I also believe we got JD thanks to DD accepting and being supportive publicly of Cora.  The rift between Cora and DD started when Cora regularly back-doored DD with respect to discussions with Henry.  Frequently, DD would listen to Cora quote Henry in press conferences, and it looked to me as if it was new news more often than not and it looked like he recognized that Cora used that relationship to get what he wanted. 

Later, Cora did the exact same thing with Bloom.  Cora has always had more power than the GMs and I believe that's why DD is not still here in Boston.  By the time the World Series was over and DD got most of the camera time, there were far too many pictures published with Cora and the owners without DD.  At the time, it looked to me that the owners were jealous of DD's climb in status within the baseball industry.  He was becoming bigger than the owners with respect to who was responsible for the incredible success of the Red Sox in recent years.

My take was not "spineless Patsy".  He rolled with the punches and made deals on payroll spending thanks to his support of the Cora decision.  I bet he regretted the decision when he saw the way Cora backdoored him.  Ausmus and Gardenhire had SO MUCH more baseball acumen than Cora it was clear he had no business being a manager with his experience level.  The odd part about the diversity issue is that it was Cora's Latin background that Henry cared about because Ausmus is Jewish and that would have checked the diversity box as well.  Think about this!!!  Ausmus coached Price successfully when he finished 2nd in the Cy Young race of 2015 and was consider one of great young managers in baseball.  He was a former catcher which is supposed to be the best source for great managers.  My opinion is if DD gets his guy the Boston Red Spx  would be looked at like LAD is looked at today.  Mookie would be here, the would probably have multiple rings and a roster more similar to the Phillies current roster than the Pirates!!  

Cora has truly been a nightmare compared to the Ausmus alternative.

[moonslav59]

3 hours ago, dgalehouse said:

I always thought that Dombrowski was happy with Cora as manager.  Didn't seem like there were any problems .

I agree.

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

This Killer Alex Cora Decision Dragged Red Sox's Season To New Rock-Bottom

[Bellhorn04]

31 minutes ago, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

This Killer Alex Cora Decision Dragged Red Sox's Season To New Rock-Bottom

Funny how often pinch running moves seem to come back to haunt you like this one did.

[Duran Is The Man]

the sooner Cora is gone, the better.

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

1 hour ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Funny how often pinch running moves seem to come back to haunt you like this one did.

As the article stated, the chances of wong scoring on a ball in play that narvaez couldn't leg out is pretty minimal. 

The juice wasn't worth the squeeze.

[mvp 78]

1 hour ago, Duran Is The Man said:

the sooner Cora is gone, the better.

How would a new manager change this team? I always thought the Blue Jays played bad baseball under Montoyo and the team (specifically their young stars) underperformed because of him. Turns out, many of those guys were just kind of overrated. 

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

25 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

How would a new manager change this team? I always thought the Blue Jays played bad baseball under Montoyo and the team (specifically their young stars) underperformed because of him. Turns out, many of those guys were just kind of overrated. 

Sometimes firing the manager does give a spark.

Like the old saying goes, you can't fire the team.

[Old Red]

5 hours ago, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

Sometimes firing the manager does give a spark.

Like the old saying goes, you can't fire the team.

Exactly. Another great postgame interview by Cora again today with the predictable we’ve got to play better. Right?🤭

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

5 minutes ago, Old Red said:

Exactly. Another great postgame interview by Cora again today with the predictable we’ve got to play better. Right?🤭

He looked like he was ready to cry