Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora has agreed to a three-year contract extension through the 2027 season. The team announced the move following a 20-7 loss at Colorado. The 48-year-old Cora is in his second stint as Boston’s manager, and his contract had been set to expire after this season.
Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora watches from the dugout during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, July 20, 2024, in Los Angeles. Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora , right, chekcs in with home plate umpire Jeremie Rehak to make lineup changes in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Denver.
Cora was suspended by Major League Baseball for the 2020 season and fired by the Red Sox for his role in a 2017 sign-stealing scandal as bench coach of the Houston Astros. Boston rehired him in 2021 and he guided the club to a 92-70 record and a trip to the AL Championship Series.“What this organization means to us is the world,” Cora said Wednesday. “They trusted me from day one, they doubled down on me in ’21 after everything that happened in ’17.
Cora, whose 494 wins rank fourth in franchise history, said in March he didn’t expect talks on an extension to continue during the season. But he said Wednesday discussions had been ongoing recently with team executive Craig Breslow. “Sometimes I put an act on for ,” Cora said with a chuckle. “I was actually telling the truth. We’ve been talking for a few weeks and the relationship between me and Craig has grown the last six, seventh months.”“I promise you, this decision was more based on the comfort of my family than my professional career,” he said.
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