{"id":25602,"date":"2025-02-13T03:10:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T03:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25602"},"modified":"2025-02-13T03:10:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T03:10:32","slug":"shocking-alex-cora-challenges-red-sox-front-office-over-alex-bregman-standoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25602","title":{"rendered":"SHOCKING: Alex Cora Challenges Red Sox Front Office Over Alex Bregman Standoff!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora is doing everything in his power to add Alex Bregman to his roster.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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While most MLB teams are rounding out their offseasons,\u00a0Boston Red Sox<\/a>\u00a0manager Alex Cora is pressing his front office to add the best remaining free agent on the market to the roster prior to spring training. Alex Bregman’s had a long winter, with the Scott Boras client holding out for a long-term deal, to no avail. There are still several teams interested in signing Bregman \u2013 including the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Cubs, Tigers and perhaps even the Astros at the right price point.<\/p>\n

Yet, few if any of those teams want to give Bregman a long-term deal. The gold glove third baseman is on the wrong side of 30 years old and coming off a down season offensively, in which he had a .768 OPS, the lowest of his career.\u00a0Bregman can still provide<\/a>\u00a0sound defense and some pop in the middle of any lineup, but the question should be raised if he’s worth his asking price. Boras hasn’t budged, but doesn’t have much leverage.<\/p>\n

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Alex Cora puts pressure on Red Sox front office to sign Alex Bregman<\/h2>\n

In fact, Bregman’s best leverage may be his former coaches in Cora and AJ Hinch. In Boston, Cora has long been on Bregman’s side, though there’s little he can do to force Craig Breslow to make a move. If you read between the lines\u00a0of his latest comment<\/a>\u00a0about Boston’s chances, though, he does apply a hint of pressure. The Red Sox front office threatened to go ‘full throttle’ two winters ago. While they’ve made some nice moves since then, they’ve been far from the aggressor in free agency.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThirty teams in the big leagues, they\u2019re going to say all the right things \u2014 We\u2019re a playoff team and our goal is to win the World Series,\u201d Cora said. \u201cFor me, honestly, this year it\u2019s about work. Last year we were very loud about how we are a World Series contender. This year is about working and getting better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cora is ready to go to work, and achieving the Red Sox ultimate goal would be a whole lot easier with Bregman in the lineup on a regular basis. Signing Bregman would create a bit of a logjam in the Red Sox infield. Rafael Devers may have to switch positions. Boston could trade Triston Casas, which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense on the surface given his age and production. Bregman could even play second base. The Red Sox have options, even if they aren’t comfortable.<\/p>\n

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Winning a World Series hardly is.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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