Alex Cora-Phillies 'Worst-Kept Secret' Could Signal Next Move

Former Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora

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The Boston Red Sox cut ties with Alex Cora on Saturday. Could he land his next role within one week?

He is viewed favorably around the league and he has a lot of fans around baseball. It doesn't hurt that there are high-profile teams that were expected to be contenders, mightily struggling, like the Philadelphia Phillies, for example.

Dave Dombrowski is the Phillies' president of baseball operations. He was in the same role for Boston before being fired by the organization in 2019. He won a World Series with Cora and joined the Phillies after Boston let him go.

When discussing potential next steps for Cora, USA Today'sBob Nightengale noted that it's the "worst-kept secret in baseball" is that Dombrowski loves Cora.

"The worst-kept secret in baseball is that Dave Dombrowski loves Cora from their days together in Boston, hiring him in 2017 and winning the World Series a year later," Nightengale wrote. "While Dombrowski expressed his public support of Thomson three days ago, and insisted his job is safe, Dombrowski didn’t realize Cora was about to be fired."

The connection is real. Cora and Dombrowski were significant pieces in one of the best overall teams in Boston history with the 2018 club. The Phillies are floundering right now and are 9-19 on the season. If there's a team that could use Cora, it would be the Phillies.

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