The Red Sox already made their call on Alex Cora back in April, handing the job to Chad Tracy and eventually removing the interim label from his title. Cora has remained on the outside looking in ever since, and for Boston, the latest twist in his coaching future is the kind that can turn a bad day into a full-blown nightmare.
USA Today's Bob Nightengale reported that Cora told the Phillies he plans to take the 2027 season off. That alone shut down the idea of an immediate reunion in Philadelphia, even though the Phillies had tried to get him back in the dugout right after Boston let him go. But Jon Heyman of the New York Post floated a far more uncomfortable possibility for the Red Sox, citing someone close to Cora and saying the Yankees would be the team most likely to pull him back in - though Heyman added that it is unlikely right now.
For Boston, that’s the nightmare version of this story. If Cora were managing in the National League, the Red Sox could live with it.
Even if he had success with the Phillies, it would spark some second-guessing, but it would stay in the background. Put him in the Yankees dugout, though, and suddenly every season series, every playoff path, every matchup between Boston and New York gets a whole new layer of noise.
The Red Sox and Yankees play 13 times in the regular season, and they’ve met in the postseason in two straight years. Boston has already taken losses to New York in the playoffs in 2026 and 2025, and the idea of Cora standing on the other side only makes that sting sharper.
That’s why Red Sox fans should be hoping this stays just a rumor and that the Yankees keep Aaron Boone in place. Boston has enough on its plate this offseason without spending any time thinking about who might be in charge in New York.
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