Manager Alex Cora Makes It Crystal Clear What He Expects From The Red Sox Front Office This Offseason

Look, I'm not going to blog every little Red Sox rumor and nugget for the next few months. Hopefully, there'll be many. Will each one be blog-worthy? Nope. 

This one? If you're expecting the team to improve for 2026, this one is pretty good. 

I'm already on record as calling this the most important Sox offseason in recent memory. Now the manager is weighing in on what he expects from Craig Breslow and the rest of the front office. And he seems to agree. 

“Just continue to be aggressive like we were last year… stay aggressive .... playing three games into October isn’t enough for us… It was a great accomplishment being back, but we have to be better.”

Shout it from the rooftops, Alex. AGGRESSIVE. I think the second definition of aggressive at Dictionary.com says it all: 

Making an all-out effort to win or succeed; competitive.  

In the case of the Red Sox offseason, that means spending money. That means being willing to go over the Luxury Tax threshold - blow by it, in fact. That means being willing to trade young players you might like at one position (outfield) for a player at a position of need (starting pitching). 

It's certainly not signing just one of Alex Bregman or Pete Alonso. And it's sure as shit not about worrying about a potential MLB work stoppage in 2027. 

That actually came up with Klemmer, Marty, and me on Picks Central today: how the looming lockout might affect how teams approach free agents. The Red Sox, a team worth $4.5 billion, should act like it does not matter at all. And if teams are worried about spending money because of the potential labor stoppage, the team should take advantage and be even...wait for it...MORE AGGRESSIVE. 

Listen to Steve Phillips. 

He's saying what I have been saying here for weeks, that because the Red Sox have so much money and prospects to deal, they should basically be on EVERY player that could make the team better in 2026. There is just no excuse. I've put a lot of this on Breslow, but John Henry and ownership need to let their guy spend money. 

I've promised you, the loyal Red Sox fan or hater who lives the blog and fires away in the comments, that I'd be on the front line in holding Craig Breslow and Red Sox ownership accountable this offseason. 

With these comments, it sounds like Alex Cora is joining me on the front lines of this crusade.