Red Sox Make Decision On Alex Cora's Future With Club After Last-Place Finish

Boston has a manager for the 2024 season

Scott Neville | Sep 27, 2023

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The Boston Red Sox have some decisions to make regarding the front office after firing chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom and moving former general manager Brian O'Halloran into a new role.

With everything up in the air, many have wondered what would happen with manager Alex Cora. Typically, a new front-office head gets to choose their new skipper but that does not appear to be the case in Boston.

"Alex Cora said definitively he will be back next season," MLB.com's Ian Browne tweeted Wednesday. "Not really a surprise but this is the most clear he has been about it. He has one year left on his contract. He has obviously received assurances from ownership he is back no matter who the new leader of baseball operations is."

Cora definitely told reporters that he will be back next season. The Red Sox manager has certainly gotten the job done in recent years despite what the win-loss record would indicate. He's gotten the absolute most out of below-average rosters the last few seasons and has proven to be a winning manager when given the tools. He's also been able to handle the pressures of the postseason without fail.

While Cora being kept around is not much of a surprise given his standing in the organization, it is impressive that he's about to enter his third regime. Most heads of baseball operations get the opportunity to pick their own skipper.

Cora wants to continue in his current role for the time being but it would not be surprising to see him make the jump into the front office in the coming seasons.

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Published Sep 27, 2023

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