Alex Cora’s next move is still hanging over the Red Sox, and the latest reporting says the interest in him hasn’t cooled off one bit.
Boston stunned the baseball world in April when it fired Cora and several coaches after a 10-17 start. The move didn’t spark an immediate surge, either.
The Red Sox are 39-48 now, and under interim manager Chad Tracy they’re 29-31 overall. There has been some progress over the last two weeks, but the gap between where Boston is and where it wants to be is still obvious.
Even with the Red Sox trying to steady themselves, Cora’s name keeps coming up around the league. The Philadelphia Phillies were the first team linked to him after Boston made its move, and they reportedly offered him their managerial job after firing Rob Thomson. Cora turned that down, for now.
That hasn’t changed the way he’s viewed. Around the league, Cora is still seen as one of the best managers available, which is why his firing landed with such a jolt in the first place. And according to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, the New York Mets would “love” to hire him, though Cora is still “expected” to end up in Philadelphia after the season.
"While the New York Mets would love to hire Alex Cora as their next manager, Cora still is expected to join the Phillies after rejecting their offer to replace Rob Thomson, who the club fired on April 28," Nightengale wrote. "The Phillies instead turned to Don Mattingly. Hall of Famer Carlos Beltran is the favorite for the Mets’ vacancy when interim manager Andy Green returns to the front office this winter."
For Boston, the immediate concern is its own mess, not where Cora lands. Still, the destination matters. If he ends up in the National League, the Red Sox won’t have to deal with him as often, and a landing spot with the Mets or Phillies would at least keep that part of the story from circling back on Boston too frequently.
The firing was always going to be debated, and it still is. The cleanest way for the Red Sox to move past it is simple: play better and let the noise fade on its own.
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