The Red Sox and manager Alex Cora have engaged in recent talks on a contract extension, and there is momentum toward a deal, sources told ESPN.
and manager Alex Cora have engaged in recent talks on a contract extension, and there is momentum toward a deal to end his lame-duck status and keep him in Boston for multiple years, sources told ESPN.
Cora, 48, has helped shepherd the Red Sox to a surprising 54-46 record. Boston entered Wednesday only one game behind theComing off back-to-back 78-84 seasons and last-place finishes in the AL East, the Red Sox have thrived despite carrying their lowest Opening Day payroll in a decade at just over $170 million.
Whether that future would include Cora is a question that has hung over the organization all season. Regarded as one of the game's best managers, Cora has left Boston before -- after he was fired prior to the 2020 season following the revelation of his prominent role in the Boston re-hired Cora in 2021, turning back to the manager who had won a World Series with the Red Sox in his first season as manager in 2018. The Red Sox made a surprising run to the ALCS in 2021 but has turned the team over almost entirely since then, and their two big free agent signings -- shortstop
If a deal is completed, it would keep Cora from hitting free agency a year after Craig Counsell's contract with the
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