Red Sox manager Alex Cora entered 2024 without job security beyond this year.
His contract ends following this season, a season that could be categorized as a rocky one through just two months. So much so that team president Sam Kennedy said on WEEI on Thursday that Boston has “underperformed” in some areas this year.
Boston has found itself teetering around .500 for much of 2024 despite having statistically one of the best pitching staffs in MLB. Couple Cora’s impending managerial free agency with early defensive woes that rolled over from 2023 to massive offensive cold spells that have made the Red Sox noncompetitive of late, and many have begun to wonder whether or not the 48-year-old will be with Boston in 2025.