With the Red Sox still having not made a decision with their managerial opening, Alex Cora still remains at the center of the conversation. The Red Sox are still keeping contact, too, flying to Puerto Rico last week to meet with him. (Alex Speier; Boston Globe)
The longer this goes on without Cora actually getting the job, however, the more Lou Merloni thinks Chaim Bloom and company may go in a different direction. (Scott McLaughlin and Ordway Merloni & Fauria; WEEI)
Ian Browne goes through a checklist of the things the Red Sox need to get done this offseason.