BOSTON -- It has been 65 days since the Boston Red Sox shocked the Major League Baseball world by firing manager Alex Cora and six members of his coaching staff just 27 games into the season. Cora has yet to take on a new job, despite being offered one just hours after his firing, choosing instead to spend the rest of the season with his family. Could the third-winningest manager in Red Sox history rejoin the organization he called home for eight years? One prominent Red Sox personality isn't ruling it out. 

"I have not closed the door on Alex Cora rejoining the Red Sox organization in some capacity," said Jared Carrabis on the Baseball Is Dead show on Tuesday. "I don't feel like it's a zero percent chance that he never works for the organization again… they’re playing footsie under the table right now, it feels like," he continued. 

Carrabis cited recent social media posts from Cora praising the Red Sox organization for its efforts to raise funds for victims of the devastating earthquake in Venezuela, as well as an interview in which he was very complimentary about his time with the Red Sox. 

Whether it be ESPN's Buster Olney, who told WEEI Cora is "one of the most respected managers in baseball," or former Red Sox head of baseball operations and current Phillies President of Baseball Operations, Dave Dombrowski, who called his former head man "one of the finest managers in the game of baseball," there was no shortage of prominent baseball minds voicing their support of Cora's managerial prowess. 

Given Cora's track record as the third-winningest manager in Red Sox history, it's fair to assume that he will want to return to a dugout after the 2026 season, with both the New York Mets and Phillies, who tried to hire the 50-year-old former utility man just hours after his dismissal in Boston, seemingly at the forefront for his services. 

However, during his time in Boston, Cora was very open that his tenure as a manager does have a shelf life. "I’ve been totally vocal about it; I’m not going to be Tony La Russa. I’m not going to be Tito Francona,” Cora told the Section 10 Podcast in November 2025. "I’m going to manage until I feel or these people down here tell me that’s it," he continued. 

Of course, the "people down here," being Red Sox ownership, have told him that his time in Boston is done, so Cora's future in the dugout may come down to his own desire to return to a lifestyle as rigorous as that of a major league manager. 

Before settling on current Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow, there were whispers of Cora himself taking over for Boston's former President of Baseball Operations, Chaim Bloom, after his firing in 2023. The move into the front office has always seemed like a logical step for Cora to take if he wanted to step away from managing while remaining in baseball. 

Heading into the 2025 offseason, there were reports that Breslow would look to hire a general manager, which was later revealed to be an effort to keep former assistant general manager Paul Toboni, who would go on to become the President of Baseball Ops with the Washington Nationals.

However, on June 1, Tim Healey of the Boston Globe reported that Breslow "might benefit from having an interpreter of sorts, someone with a more traditional baseball 'fabric' and personable demeanor who can convey the front office’s message." 

Cora is widely regarded as one of the best in baseball at blending analytics with the personal side of the sport, something Breslow has struggled with during his first three years at the helm of the organization. Could he be that interpreter for Breslow as he gains the experience necessary to become the chief decision maker within an organization? 

Whether Cora or the Red Sox would actually be interested in an offseason reunion remains to be seen, but for years, the 2007 World Series Champion was seen as a 'made man' in Boston, outlasting two baseball operations chiefs before being fired by Breslow.

The Red Sox are 37-46 and in last place in the American League East. 

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