The writing was on the wall for months that Alex Verdugo was going to don another jersey in 2024.
Even with the talented outfielder under contract with Boston next season, Verdugo found himself in Alex Cora’s doghouse in 2023 due to several disciplinary issues.
Cora put Verdugo on the pine in early June for a lack of hustle and benched him again in early August for allegedly showing up to the ballpark late.
After sitting Verdugo in August, Cora offered up one of his harshest postgame press conferences as a Red Sox manager.