Items from a very busy Friday news dump around MLB:
Red Sox Hire Alex Cora
Of course they did. I’m not sure why people are surprised that the Red Sox brought back the manager who led them to the 2018 World Series title, who has his coaching staff nearly intact and was fully cleared by MLB to return to baseball after serving a nine-month suspension for his role in the 2017 Astros’ sign-stealing scandal. Maybe the surprise came from the way GM Chaim Bloom cast such a wide net for other choices—none of whom had managed a day in the big leagues.