The Boston Red Sox's decision to fire Alex Cora and five coaches on April 25 kicked off a messy PR situation in need of some serious cleanup. From the moment Cora was canned, a series of chaotic, dysfunctional, and unfortunate events followed, most of which painted Boston's upper management in a humorously embarrassing light.
We had a limousine company gaffe, a potential press release lie about Jason Varitek's "reassignment" that never was, revenge photos from Cora, Trevor Story's pout-fest (and subsequent benching), and some absolutely outrageous headlines.
One headline from NBC News took the cake for its absurdity. In promoting an anti-Cora article on X, the author/propagandist of the headline attacked Cora with such fervor that some people are wondering if said author is literally on the Red Sox's payroll.
Abusive Alex Cora headline stinks of Red Sox involvement
"Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who rode a roster with Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers and Chris Sale to the most successful season in franchise history and then struggled to win with the discount lineups that replaced them, is fired," the headline read.
Perhaps the saddest part about the headline is that it didn't even accomplish its mission of trying to make Cora look inadequate. That's because all fans were reminded of while reading was the inadequacy of a front office that traded Betts, was too cheap for Bogaerts, and ran Devers out of town before watching the superstar who displaced him, Alex Bregman, also leave on account of front office foolery.
Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who rode a roster with Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers and Chris Sale to the most successful season in franchise history and then struggled to win with the discount lineups that replaced them, is fired. https://t.co/fXOajspnHb
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 27, 2026
Hours after getting fired, Cora posted a clip to his Instagram story of Betts praising Cora in a prior interview and discussing how it was only the business side of things that led to Betts landing with the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was Betts' way of explaining how he loved Boston and would've stayed there had the Red Sox been willing to retain him and keep paying him top-level money.
Cora's statement in sharing the clip was that Boston's front office isn't about winning, and that he's glad to be divorced from that situation (a sentiment he reiterated by texting multiple Red Sox reporters "I'm happy," and posting a similar message to X). After his initial responses, he also sent an email to the Red Sox organization thanking it for his tenure as manager.
An Alex Cora suitor called him with an offer within 24 hours of Red Sox firing
It didn't take Cora long to get his next job offer. On April 26, he received a call from Philadelphia Philles president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski, who offered Cora the Phillies' manager job. Cora declined, opting to spend the rest of this season with his family. Dombrowski fired Phillies manager Rob Thomson on April 28, placing Don Mattingly in charge of things.
Some fans are speculating that Cora and the Phillies are a good fit (given Cora and Dombrowski's history together in Boston), and that Cora is merely waiting for a fresh season to accept Dombrowski's offer. Others have linked Cora to the New York Mets. Only time will tell, but it feels likely that Cora will be managing another MLB team within the next calendar year.
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