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Red Sox' quest to make Duran a leader was always going to end poorly

Related Topics: Boston Red Sox, Alex Cora

Red Sox' quest to make Duran a leader was always going to end poorly originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

Jarren Duran is many things on a baseball field – athletic, driven, energetic, exciting. But one descriptor the team has tried to force on him always rang false.

Leader.

Six weeks ago in Cincinnati, manager Alex Cora gushed that Duran could effectively become the face of the franchise. He explained that when the next generation of prospects arrived, someone would have to show them the way, and he knew just the guy.