The Red Sox’s New Spending Identity Made Alex Cora Expendable

When the Red Sox fired Alex Cora, it wasn’t the record that sealed his fate. Boston had reshaped its financial identity over the past three years, losing its big-market tactics despite having the payroll to support them.

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