{"id":563722,"date":"2026-02-10T06:53:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/563722\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T06:53:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:53:24","slug":"alex-cora-makes-simple-red-sox-admission-before-new-mlb-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/563722\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Cora Makes Simple Red Sox Admission Before New MLB Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boston Red Sox<\/a> are looking to compete during the upcoming 2026 MLB<\/a> season. Boston made a number of moves this past offseason, including bringing in players such as Willson Contreras, Sonny Gray and Ranger Suarez. Although the Sox did lose third baseman<\/a>Alex Bregman<\/a> in MLB free agency, manager Alex Cora still believes in the team’s roster.<\/p>\n

“We got a good baseball team, we do,” Cora told reporters Monday<\/a>. “You gotta give credit to the front office… We got some good players. It’s a different roster than last year, it’s a different year. Ironic enough, and I can say it, I feel like we have a more complete team than last year.<\/p>\n

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“Now, it’s just a matter of go out there and work. See how the pieces fit. Overall, a lot of talent, young talent, good athletes.”<\/p>\n

Cora believes in the Red Sox’s roster. He admitted that it is a “different roster” than last year, but he feels like it is a more complete all-around team. Boston was competitive a season ago, but now Cora and the Sox are hoping to make a deeper postseason run.<\/p>\n

Alex Cora, Red Sox Ready for Deeper Playoff Run\"Jul<\/p>\n

Jul 4, 2025; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora (13) stands in the dugout during the eighth inning of a game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park.Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

(Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

The Red Sox reached the postseason in 2025 as an American League Wild Card ball club. The New York Yankees<\/a> defeated the Red Sox in the Wild Card round 2-1, however.<\/p>\n

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Things will not get any easier in 2026. Last season, three AL East teams reached the playoffs, as the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> made it all the way to the World Series before falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> in a riveting Fall Classic. This year, the Blue Jays, Yankees and Red Sox all expect to make playoff runs. Following a forgettable 2025 season, the Baltimore Orioles<\/a> expect to compete and make a run as well. Meanwhile, the Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> could surprise people with a strong year as well.<\/p>\n

The AL East may be the best division in baseball. It features at least four teams that could realistically make serious postseason runs this year.<\/p>\n

The heavy competition will be a challenge. Cora’s comments suggest he believes the Red Sox can meet their expectations despite the circumstances, however. Boston will begin its 2026 journey soon with spring training right around the corner.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Feb 9, 2026, where it first appeared in the MLB<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Red Sox are looking to compete during the upcoming 2026 MLB season. Boston made a number…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2375],"tags":[72,858,47,5,141,48,2542,57,4,62,90,89,2543,1587,286,68,70,71,409],"class_list":{"0":"post-563722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-red-sox","8":"tag-alex-bregman","9":"tag-alex-cora","10":"tag-baltimore-orioles","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-boston","13":"tag-boston-red-sox","14":"tag-bostonredsox","15":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","16":"tag-mlb","17":"tag-new-york-yankees","18":"tag-ranger-suarez","19":"tag-red-sox","20":"tag-redsox","21":"tag-sonny-gray","22":"tag-sox","23":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","24":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","25":"tag-washington-nationals","26":"tag-willson-contreras"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116045022444670728","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}