Red Sox and Cora in contract extension talks

This would make me feel more comfortable about the direction. I wonder if it's an indication for the deadline approach. Alex has been very vocal

I’m good taking this at face value - Breslow wanted to work with Cora first before committing to him long term. Now that he thinks they work well together he’s making sure to get his guy locked up.

Oh yeah I agree with this my post was in jest. I also think Cora probably wanted to see how they worked together before committing too.

Maybe I'm over reading this but..

I'm assuming with coras recent frustrations the last couple of seasons and likely ability to walk to any open job avail (plus top/near top of the league salary) this must mean him and Henry had an extensive conversations about them truly turning a corner soon (whether it be at the deadline/this offseason or both).

That's not to say they should/will deal off that top layer in prospects (mayer/teel/anthony/lesser extent campbell) but actually truly target elite talents in FA (burns?), trade off 2nd layer prospects if needed (bleis, yorke etc) and actually fill out holes when needed.

Conversation probably went something like this......... "$21.75M"

According to b-ref Cora made $15 mil for his entire major league career.

This is excellent news. Cora has maybe done his best job this year. I was concerned that everything that seemed to be finally going in the right direction was going to be derailed. He handles youngsters and vets both well. He is bilingual. He understands Boston.

I was not thrilled with the possibility of bringing in a new guy for 2025. This is great news, and it is well deserved.

Huge fan of this!

I do think Cora is overall a good manager and one who has succeeded in the pressure cooker of an environment of Boston so if a deal gets done I think that would be good news. At this point it still sounds like an if not a when so until something concrete comes down I will not get my hopes up too much.

Was a big fan AC but my fandom started to wain when i saw some of the moves he made and hated the fact that he was solidly behind fatse, but then I started to think of all the misfortune he had to deal with throughout the year and especially the loss of Story. that messed the up the whole lineup and it is still a patchwork mix and match and he has done a stellar job overall with what he has to work with. Gialito was a big loss and Murphy in the bullpen caused a shakeup there. through all that he has gotten us into 3rd place in the division and that can't be discounted with a chance at a playoff which nobody anywhere would have predicted.

I am strongly back on the Cora train. Lets get er done.

P.S. I still don't like Fatse.