Almost as soon as Major League Baseball’s investigation into sign-stealing allegations by the Boston Red Sox landed on Wednesday – with its near-total exoneration of the team’s management for actions apparently spearheaded by a low-level video-scouting staffer – speculation in Boston began focusing on an intriguing possibility:
Could Alex Cora return as the Red Sox’s manager in 2021 – perhaps without missing so much as a single game?
The questions contains two still-unknown variables: the extent of the team’s willingness to hire back the popular ex-skipper at the end of his one-year suspension, and the status of MLB’s 2020 season amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with little clarity as to how – or whether – games can begin.