Red Sox manager in line to earn more than Counsell?

Boston Purple Sox supervisor Alex Cora could possibly be poised to reset the marketplace for managerial contracts subsequent season as he enters the ultimate 12 months of his present deal.

Bob Nightengale of USA At this time reported on Sunday that a number of groups have already expressed “sturdy” curiosity in doubtlessly signing Cora after his contract expires. Nightengale provides that due to the sturdy curiosity, Cora might get a contract that beats the five-year, $40M file deal that Craig Counsell bought from the Chicago Cubs earlier this offseason.

Cora is regarded across the league as one of many sport’s higher managers. He received a World Sequence with the Purple Sox in 2018, and the group appreciated him sufficient that they rehired him a 12 months after firing him over his function within the Houston Astros’ 2017 dishonest scandal.

Simply because Cora is attracting curiosity from different groups doesn’t imply the Purple Sox received’t be those to finally signal him for giant cash. There have been even rumors that they may turn their baseball operations over to him this offseason, regardless that that didn’t finally occur.