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Alex Cora Has Strong Odds To Replace Chaim Bloom As Speculation Grows

Boston could move their manager up the command chain

Scott Neville

Alex Cora Has Strong Odds To Replace Chaim Bloom As Speculation Grows
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Will the Boston Red Sox fill one of their front-office vacancies by promoting their manager?

The idea is not unprecedented, we've seen the Boston Celtics make the same move with Brad Stevens years ago. Like Stevens, manager Alex Cora has shown interest in moving into an executive role at some point in his career. 

With the firing of Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom, the idea of Cora making the jump has been speculated heavily. 

"It'll be interesting to see if Alex Cora emerges as one of the candidates to run Boston's baseball operations," ESPN's Buster Olney tweeted Thursday. "He has a broad range of experience, and others in the organization felt he increased his presence in the player development this year."

MassLive's Chris Cotillo added to the conversation during the Red Sox's press conference. 

"(Red Sox president Sam) Kennedy wouldn't outright rule it out," Cotillo wrote. "It's a career path Cora wouldn't mind pursuing. But it feels like they need an experienced leader who has done it before."

Kennedy also said he expects Cora to manage next season, which was conflicting. 

Cora has the fourth-best odds to become Bloom's successor with +850 odds (10.5%) according to BetMassachusetts. It should be noted that this site makes hypothetical odds based on their analysis of who could fill the vacant spot. You cannot actually bet on these odds.

A 10.5% chance sounds about right. I do not expect Cora to jump into the front office this fall. I fully expect him to keep his current job as manager.

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Scott Neville
SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer.  His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu

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