Red Sox Gives Alex Cora his upgraded contract, now Dodgers has to do the same for Dave Roberts

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After Boston Red Sox won last month's World Series, Alex Cora was praised for his work with the club in his debut season as a Major League manager.

Meanwhile, Dave Roberts was hit for some of the managerial decisions that would cost Dodgers their loss for Boston in a series of five World Series. It was the second consecutive year, Dodgers lost the World Series, and Roberts came under fire.

Roberts and Cora shared a thing in common: they were two of the weakest managers in major league leagues, according to a report late last season USA Today: Roberts at a million dollars a year and Cora at $ 800,000.

To that end, close to the conclusion of his last press conference after winning the World Series, I asked Cora deliberately if he wanted an increase. He was a fool, given the historic nature of the Boston winning season in the 119th, 108 of them during the regular season, when Red Sox fled the American League over the 100 New York Yankees wins.

Cora, whom I have known since being a child, gave me an unusual look and did not give me an answer.

It was a valid question. On Monday, Red Sox provided this answer. They broke Cora's contract, raised it, and extended it to a three-year, guaranteed club agreement for 2022.

"I was constantly impressed by Alex at every step," said Red Sox President Tom Werner a declaration. "His knowledge of the game, the ability to connect with our players and his incredible instincts and decisiveness have led us to a historic championship season. We know that we are in good hands and that we can no longer enjoy the fact that it will be with us in the near future. "

Meanwhile, Dodgers took the 10 days to exercise the $ 1.1 million option for Roberts for 2019 and is in negotiations for an endless contract extension.

"The reason I slowed down a little is that I had many decisions to do coaching and interviews," Andrew Friedman, baseball club chairman, last week when he revealed that Dodgers had taken Roberts' Choice.& Nbsp;"I think I'm talking more about the optimism that will certainly do something, and it allows us to focus on what we need to do in the near future."

Parallel pieces tell you everything you need to know about both organizations.

Red Sox gives Cora the necessary information and analysis and lets him deal. Head of Baseball operations, Dave Dombrowski, and the company also awarded Cora the highest baseball player salary.

At $ 237.8, including benefits and salaries, Red Sox finished $ 40.8 million over the $ 197 million competitive balance. At this rate, Red Sox will not only have to pay the 50% repeater tax, but also 45% of the amount spent over the threshold with the loss of space in the amateur project in June. But that's just the price to make a winning business.

"It was not as easy as what people think," Cora said. But it starts with talent. I mean, it starts with the property. Everybody knows, I'm talking about the highest payroll in baseball. And this is a challenge, how we see the media and fans. We have to win because there is a lot of money involved. But they do a remarkable job of giving Dave the chance to continue to improve the team.

Dodgers are a top-down organization with baseball operations, telling Roberts how they should manage a game. When things go south, they let Roberts blame himself even if he's nothing but a middle manager.

Cora after a season is paid. He proved his worth, and Red Sox showed how much I value him.

Dodgers think managers are interchangeable. This group of property left Don Mattingly to go after three consecutive Western national titles. Then they signed the new Roberts dirty cheap. Now that he has won three more Western titles in a row and suffered losses in the NL Championship series and a pair of World Series in the three seasons, there is no doubt that they still feel the same way.

Do not make a mistake, Roberts' extension is simply over money, said a source with knowledge of the negotiations. These discussions take place directly between Roberts and President Dodgers, Stan Kasten, which is strange in itself, considering that agents are negotiating deals for everyone in this day and age of advanced economics.

An appeal to Kasten on this issue has yet to be returned. I've known Kasten for almost 30 years since he was 27 years old general manager of the National Basketball Association, Atlanta Hawks. My experience with him is that he is a tough but right negotiator.

We've been through the years when Kasten moved from Turner Sports to Nationals in Washington and Dodgers when Guggenheim bought the $ 2.15 billion franchise in 2012.

But I have a huge respect for him. I hope the feeling is mutual.

Also, Friedman has not yet responded to an e-mail message.

Roberts's situation, as I see it, is a disagreement about how the two sides determine their value. Roberts wants to stay in Los Angeles as a manager. He loves the organization and his family loves the L.A. He does not want to do or say anything that could endanger this position.

At the same time, he is now a proven merchant with a record of 287-200 and a gain of .589, but also with the highest baseball player salary that this season was ranked sixth at 194 , $ 2 million below the threshold. Thus, Roberts wants to be properly paid for a long-term business.

The contract is the four-year $ 12 million contract signed recently by Houston Astros with A.J. Hinch, whose team defeated Dodgers last year in a seven-game world series. Dodgers, however, do not seem to see Roberts at this level, despite recent achievements.

Roberts is a person of people. widely respected among gamers and the media. Some of them understand the anger they have to lead to succeed every day. Dodgers are no longer.

"I think we do a lot of good things," Roberts said. "And, as I said three years ago, it's a dream job for me. Making these people grow up and being better, teammates, mentors, role models in the community, is a victory. and obviously, I understand that my job is to finally lead us to a championship and I have not done that yet. But the whole body of work, I am proud of what I have done. "

Red Sox made the effort. Maybe Dodgers will reach their senses and recognize the jewels they have and as a manager.

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After Boston Red Sox won last month's World Series, Alex Cora was praised for his work with the club in his debut season as a Major League manager.

Meanwhile, Dave Roberts was hit for some of the managerial decisions that would cost Dodgers their loss for Boston in a series of five World Series. It was the second consecutive year, Dodgers lost the World Series, and Roberts came under fire.

Roberts and Cora shared one thing: they were two of the weakest managers in major league leagues, according to a report last season in USA Today: Roberts at one million dollars a season, and Cora at $ 800,000.

To that end, close to the conclusion of his last press conference after winning the World Series, I asked Cora deliberately if he wanted an increase. He was a fool, given the historic nature of the Boston winning season in the 119th, 108 of them during the regular season, when Red Sox fled the American League over the 100 New York Yankees wins.

Cora, whom I have known since being a child, gave me an unusual look and did not give me an answer.

It was a valid question. On Monday, Red Sox provided this answer. They broke Cora's contract, raised it, and extended it to a three-year, guaranteed club agreement for 2022.

"I was constantly impressed by Alex every step," said Red Sox President Tom Werner in a statement. "His knowledge of the game, the ability to connect with our players and his incredible instincts and decisiveness have led us to a historic championship season. We know that we are in good hands and that we can no longer enjoy the fact that it will be with us in the near future. "

Meanwhile, Dodgers took the 10 days to exercise the $ 1.1 million option for Roberts for 2019 and is in negotiations for an endless contract extension.

"The reason I slowed down a little is that I had many decisions to do coaching and interviews," Andrew Friedman, baseball club chairman, last week when he revealed that Dodgers had taken Roberts' Choice. "I think I'm talking more about the optimism that will certainly do something, and it allows us to focus on what we need to do in the near future."

Parallel pieces tell you everything you need to know about both organizations.

Red Sox gives Cora the necessary information and analysis and lets him deal. Head of Baseball operations, Dave Dombrowski, and the company also awarded Cora the highest baseball player salary.

At $ 237.8, including benefits and salaries, Red Sox finished $ 40.8 million over the $ 197 million competitive balance. At this rate, Red Sox will not only have to pay the 50% repeater tax, but also 45% of the amount spent over the threshold with the loss of space in the amateur project in June. But that's just the price to make a winning business.

"It was not as easy as what people think," Cora said. But it starts with talent. I mean, it starts with the property. Everybody knows, I'm talking about the highest payroll in baseball. And this is a challenge, how we see the media and fans. We have to win because there is a lot of money involved. But they do a remarkable job of giving Dave the chance to continue to improve the team.

Dodgers are a top-down organization with baseball operations, telling Roberts how they should manage a game. When things go south, they let Roberts blame himself even if he's nothing but a middle manager.

Cora after a season is paid. He proved his worth, and Red Sox showed how much I value him.

Dodgers think managers are interchangeable. This group of property left Don Mattingly to go after three consecutive Western national titles. Then they signed the new Roberts dirty cheap. Now that he has won three more Western titles in a row and suffered losses in the NL Championship series and a pair of World Series in the three seasons, there is no doubt that they still feel the same way.

Do not make a mistake, Roberts' extension is simply over money, said a source with knowledge of the negotiations. These discussions take place directly between Roberts and President Dodgers, Stan Kasten, which is strange in itself, considering that agents are negotiating deals for everyone in this day and age of advanced economics.

An appeal to Kasten on this issue has yet to be returned. I've known Kasten for almost 30 years since he was 27 years old general manager of the National Basketball Association, Atlanta Hawks. My experience with him is that he is a tough but right negotiator.

We've been through the years when Kasten moved from Turner Sports to Nationals in Washington and Dodgers when Guggenheim bought the $ 2.15 billion franchise in 2012.

But I have a huge respect for him. I hope the feeling is mutual.

Also, Friedman has not yet responded to an e-mail message.

Roberts's situation, as I see it, is a disagreement about how the two sides determine their value. Roberts wants to stay in Los Angeles as a manager. He loves the organization and his family loves the L.A. He does not want to do or say anything that could endanger this position.

At the same time, he is now a proven merchant with a record of 287-200 and a gain of .589, but also with the highest baseball player salary that this season was ranked sixth at 194 , $ 2 million below the threshold. Thus, Roberts wants to be properly paid for a long-term business.

The contract is the four-year $ 12 million contract signed recently by Houston Astros with A.J. Hinch, whose team defeated Dodgers last year in a seven-game world series. Dodgers, however, do not seem to see Roberts at this level, despite recent achievements.

Roberts is a person of people. widely respected among gamers and the media. Some of them understand the anger they have to lead to succeed every day. Dodgers are no longer.

"I think we do a lot of good things," Roberts said. "And, as I said three years ago, it's a dream job for me. Making these people grow up and being better, teammates, mentors, role models in the community, is a victory. and obviously, I understand that my job is to finally lead us to a championship and I have not done that yet. But the whole body of work, I am proud of what I have done. "

Red Sox made the effort. Maybe Dodgers will reach their senses and recognize the jewels they have and as a manager.