All winter Red Sox Nation heard the same thing: “Raffy Devers is our third baseman” or “Alex Bregman is more of a second baseman” or “maybe there will be a trade.” But in the end, here’s what happened: Bregman was signed, Devers was hurt, Triston Casas wasn’t traded, and Masataka Yoshida, still, can’t play the outfield. But Alex Cora isn’t here to talk about the past while waving his finger about promises Chaim Bloom may or may not have made during his time as President of Baseball Operations.
The former Houston Astros third baseman is coming off one of the weakest seasons of his career.