Cora, 42, spent parts of 14 seasons in the majors. He hit .243/.310/.338 for his career, during which he was primarily used as an extra infielder. Although Cora bounced around a lot, seeing action with six organizations, he appeared in more than 300 games with the Red Sox -- his second-most with any one team, only to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
While Cora's big-league experience is plentiful, he's a relative newcomer to the bench. This season was his lone year as the Astros' bench coach. He'd previously done broadcasting work, while also serving as the general manager of the Puerto Rico national baseball team.

I thought they didn’t allow announcements during the WS.

Talks between the Marlins and Red Sox involving Stanton “may be heating up”, according to Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald. His source tells him that the Red Sox are “definitely in play”. Spencer also mentions that Stanton’s incredible power would play well at Fenway Park, adding that Boston hit the fewest home runs of any MLB team in 2017. The Red Sox certainly seem like a reasonable fit for many other reasons as well, and Spencer lists a small handful in his piece. They’ve been said to be interested in spending more money, even to the point of exceeding the luxury tax, while it has been said that Stanton prefers to play near a coast.

while it has been said that Stanton prefers to play near a coast.

It's a clever strategy, If the owner actually reads the binder and tells his GM to make it happen. I think Jake will get 6 -160$.

That's not gonna happen.

Odd one here. Carlos Santana to Phillies. 3 yrs 60 mill

Ken Rosenthal reports that the popular third baseman was shipped to the Giants for Christian Arroyo and Denard Span, along with two other players and cash.