Before the ground ball, he refused to play first base when the team asked him to. He bad-mouthed the people he works for. Absolving Devers here is ridiculous IMHO. He put the team in a terrible position.
Which can easily be characterized as covering for his player. If anything Cora seems to have gone out of his way to put a good light on Devers throughout all this.
How can you say that without knowing what went on behind the scenes?
I think Cora probably felt a little betrayed by Raffy's non-hustle.
When did Cora ever bad-mouth Devers or anything like that?
Raffy iced it by not running to first base and making his manager have to cover for him. I suspect that was when Cora may have come on board with trading him.
I'm a little surprised at how many are backing Devers. He refused to play first base, he didn't hustle down the line, he's making $31 million a year, he's the good guy?