Alex Cora was held in high regard by ownership and beloved by his players. The decision for the Boston Red Sox to cut bait with their manager was a difficult one but there’s one factor that may have made it inevitable.
According to NBC Sports Boston’s Gary Tanguay, the Red Sox had every intention of keeping Cora as their manager until the possibility of their 2018 World Series title being vacated was brought to their attention.
“John Henry had every intention to keep Alex Cora as the Red Sox manager, despite Cora’s impending suspension from Major League Baseball,” Tanguay reported Thursday on Early Edition.