Red Sox Manager Alex Cora Is Finally Fed Up with Rafael Devers’ Attitude

Red Sox manager Alex Cora might finally be fed up with Rafael Devers.

Cora has been Devers’ biggest supporter since he became the manager in 2018. Although a lot has changed over the last eight years, Cora has always believed in Devers and tried to help him succeed.

Sunday night in the Bronx, however, was the first time Cora appeared visibly annoyed and finally fed up with Devers’ overall attitude towards the game of baseball lately.

Here’s what happened.

In the top of the sixth inning, Devers is at the plate with two outs and with runners on first and second base. He hits a grounder that lands in between first and second, and with a great take-off out of the box after contact, it looks like Devers could’ve beaten out the throw, but he very noticeably pulls up and slows down instead.

Cora was waiting for Devers at the top step of the dugout after the inning to ask him what happened and why he stopped running. Devers said something to him in passing, which led Cora to roll his eyes as Devers continued walking down to the end of the dugout.

If Devers gave just a little extra effort, chances are that he would have beaten the throw, been called safe, and it would’ve loaded the bases.

I guess you can say that he made up for it later on in the ninth inning by hitting a home run to put the Red Sox up by five runs in the final inning.

After the game, Cora was of course asked what happened with Devers’ base running in the sixth inning, which was a topic he didn’t really care to discuss too much.

“It was not a lack of hustle.”

While Devers seems to be burning bridges inside the Red Sox organization, Cora might very well be the only one left going to bat for Devers. It would be wise for Devers not to burn his bridge with Cora. 

Devers is hitting .283 with 14 home runs and a .929 OBPS while leading the MLB in total games (67), RBI (57), and walks (51).

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