Alex Cora had choices. That’s an important thing to keep in mind when thinking about his decision to sign a 3-year, $21.75 million contract extension with the Red Sox. He may or may not have been destined to manage the Dodgers, as was heavily speculated (though I think much of that speculation ignores how hard it would be for Dodgers fans to accept a man who played a key role on the 2017 Astros as the leader of their team) but he would have ended up somewhere. He had become something that’s increasingly rare in this day, when front offices exert significant control over day-to-day decision-making: he was an in-demand manager, one who could potentially receive more money to manage a baseball team than anyone else in history.
The Red Sox Didn’t Choose Alex Cora. Alex Cora Chose The Red Sox.
