{"id":58420,"date":"2025-05-30T02:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T02:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=58420"},"modified":"2025-05-30T02:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T02:17:08","slug":"is-alex-cora-worried-red-sox-may-fire-him-heres-what-he-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=58420","title":{"rendered":"Is Alex Cora worried Red Sox may fire him? 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Here\u2019s what he said\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Alex Cora&#8217;s Red Sox are 27-31. (Photo by John Fisher\/Getty Images)Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"7IMGXT2VSJFHPA3FMBFHBA353M\">With the Red Sox sitting four games under .500 at 27-31 and riding a five-game losing streak, there\u2019s no doubt the club is underachieving. But a disappointing first third of the season doesn\u2019t mean manager Alex Cora is worried about getting fired.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3HT6JYMM7JE5TKLJLP5YP3KRMU\">Asked whether or not he was worried about job security on \u201cWEEI Afternoons\u201d with Andy Hart, Nick \u201cFitzy\u201d Stevens and Ted Johnson, Cora said he was not. Cora received an extension to become the second-highest paid manager in major league history in July, signing a three-year deal in the $21-22 million range.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3H3QKRPDBVHZFP54GT2FB3IAAU\">\u201cNo, not really,\u201d Cora said Thursday. \u201cFrom my end. I actually don\u2019t ask coaches about that. I just ask them to do their best on a daily basis. But I can answer that question personally: No.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"NA5OUYQ6EZEJVK6VQ2LXUM66JU\">Cora\u2019s Red Sox were just swept in Milwaukee and are 10-16 in May. They are a staggering 6-15 in one-run games and suffered two such defeats at American Family Field this week.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UEQ7ZXFUPNC7FPSJI2JMMKHN2Q\">\u201cI feel like every day we go out there and we\u2019re doing our best,\u201d Cora continued. \u201cIt hasn\u2019t happened for us. You look at the season and having conversations with some people this morning, I was like, \u2018It\u2019s a weird one, right?\u2019 because it feels like you\u2019re in every game but it\u2019s not going your way.<\/p>\n<p id=\"JLUXUJF5TRHUBKJQM6YU2GH5ME\">\u201cJust a tough stretch for us and for me as a manager and we\u2019ve just got to be ready for tomorrow. We\u2019ve got a big series coming up here in Atlanta. Hopefully, we can win two out of three or sweep it and get this bad taste out of our mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"RDCV5MKUPJEGNPPXFAYSXPBWCA\">Cora is a favorite of ownership \u2014 and team president\/CEO Sam Kennedy \u2014 and was thought to be given major security when he signed his deal last summer. As of now, despite Boston\u2019s rocky start, there are no indications that the Red Sox are considering moving on from Cora. Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow, in just his second season running the baseball operations department, is also thought to be safe. Still, Boston has dug itself quite the hole early. As of Thursday\u2019s off day, the Red Sox are 9\u00bd games back in the American League East and 4\u00bd games out of the wild card race and have an 18% chance to make the playoffs, according to FanGraphs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"NETYJCLQFRB3RCCAR6JPZ3MSMA\">\u201cIt\u2019s not early,\u201d Cora said. \u201cI\u2019ve been saying that&#8230; It\u2019s the first third of the season we have played and we\u2019re playing under .500. We have fallen behind a lot of games in the division. Obviously, there\u2019s a lot of ways to make it to the playoffs. But if we\u2019re going to talk about playoffs, we just have to play better. I think the first goal is to get back to .500 and start winning more games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"VISZJZZ63ZHNPFMXHAENOHMEAU\">In the immediate future, Cora said, the focus for the Red Sox needs to be on slowing things down and trying to win some games.<\/p>\n<p id=\"DIZRNFW2ONDMFNBCMI5F3X26AM\">\u201cThere\u2019s certain times in the season when things are going great that you can run freely and try to score from first, try to steal from second, steal bases and all that. Try to force plays,\u201d he said. \u201cIn this case, if you look at it the last two or three weeks, every play matters. 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