The Angels are heading toward another managerial reset, and Alex Cora has emerged as a name to watch.
Los Angeles has been unusually quiet on that front despite a season that has gone badly enough to push the club to 90 losses and within reach of the 100-loss mark. Interim GM John Mozeliak said the purge would wait until after the season, but that didn’t spare pitching coach Mike Maddux and two other coaches from being fired. Kurt Suzuki, meanwhile, remains in place even though he was brought in as an interim manager by Mozeliak’s predecessor, Perry Minasian.
The expectation is that Suzuki will be out once the season ends, though that is not yet certain. Mozeliak’s contract runs through December, and he could remain in place for new owner Stan Kroenke. If that happens, Cora could become a realistic option for the Angels.
Cora has been away from the dugout since the Boston Red Sox fired him in April, and he has been spending time with family in the Dominican Republic. He was linked quickly to the Philadelphia Phillies opening, but he turned down GM Dave Dombrowski and chose to step away from the managerial carousel for now.
He is expected to return soon, and the Angels would make sense as a landing spot. Cora has been viewed as a better fit for a veteran club, which would line up with players like Mike Trout and Zach Neto.
At the same time, he would have to manage a roster that is likely to be younger, unless the Angels decide to spend aggressively once labor issues are sorted out. In that scenario, he could be handed a roster backed by an owner with deep pockets, something that would have looked attractive given the constant palace intrigue he dealt with in Boston.
There is also another possibility for Cora beyond the dugout. He has long been interested in front office work, though he reportedly found the analytics-heavy nature of that job surprising after taking a closer look in the offseason. If he goes that route, he could be Mozeliak’s GM-in-waiting and avoid the same kind of internal chaos that has been a recurring problem with the Red Sox.
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