On Wednesday, the Boston Red Sox may have suffered a blowout loss at the hands of the Colorado Rockies, but the day will still be considered a win because of what happened off the field – the extension of manager Alex Cora.
Cora, 48, is now tied to the Red Sox through the 2027 season and is expected to be the second-highest-paid manager in baseball.
After Boston’s loss at Coors Field, The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier spoke to Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow about the decision to lock in the manager for another three years.
“How do you know that this was the right decision,” Breslow asked himself. “When I walked into the clubhouse, *I* got a round of applause, which means obviously, those players care about him. They know how special he is. I think the city of Boston knows how special he is.”
It’s clear that the players and the fan base feel that Cora is the right guy to lead the club for the foreseeable future, and the only thing that should’ve kept Cora from remaining in Boston was his own desire to go somewhere else or do something else.
Now, with Breslow trying to commit to the roster the same way that he’s committed to his manager, things should be trending up around Fenway Park.
