He interviewed during an off-day in the ALCS. The reports of him being the choice began during the next off-day in the ALCS. He's got a couple days off now before the Series begins.
He's going to cubically transform singles into doubles and doubles into home runs.
Maybe worth it if he brought Duncan with him to have a Godfather type role over our pitching program.
Since he played with Tek I’m wondering if he’s a possibility for bench coach. And I hope they aggressively pursue Righetti.
I would imagine the eventual bench coach will have some real life managerial experience......Varitek doesn't have any, he is less experienced than Cora...... I could see Ausmus before Varitek
I think they'll consider him the manager of the Yankees until he isn't and then consider him a free agent until he isn't and then consider him whatever he is hired to be when he is.
Absolutely. Pinstripes be damned, the guy is one of the best managers in the game, and arguably the best manager in the east since Maddon left.
Isn't one of the likely points of negotiation between Cora and the Sox the right to name his own coaches? I certainly hope he has serious input. I have nothing against Ausmus, except the performance of the Tigers on his watch, which I don't know enough about to even try to place blame. But it doesn't matter what we think. What Cora thinks matters above all, yes?
Agree, Cora should be comfortable with his coaching staff, especially his bench coach.
Dombrowski has already said the new manager deserves to pick his own coaching staff:
I would like Gene Lamont to serve as BC, has a lot of baseball knowledge and wouldn’t be a threat to Cora like Tek or Ausmus could appear to be.
He resigned as manager after his stroke in 2013. Doesn't seem likely that he would want to jump into the rigors of heavy travel to be a coach on a MLB team, but maybe he's up for it now.
Hopefully George Springer as a player/1b coach.
And yet, Yankees fans hate him almost as much as Red Sox fans hated Farrell. Weird.
Well, he is Price's favorite pitching coach. But, you're right.
I’m holding out hope that David Price wins out over Maddon in terms of a reuniting.
I laughed out loud about Wedge and analytics. People have short memories apparently.
Perhaps as first time MLB manager he will have input on the staff but not a free hand?
I can imagine that Cora has known that he’s the guy for a few days and perhaps he’s run names by the organization.
