Do the Redsox need a new 'voice'?

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Do the #Redsox need a new 'voice'? Is Cora "burnt out"? Is there a divide in who has final say?

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00:00There's got to come a time and point where ownership goes,

00:03all right, Cora has struggled with getting this team

00:09to where they need to be for a long time.

00:12And maybe it's time for a new voice in there.

00:17Breslow and Cora.

00:18A new voice, like no disrespect to anybody,

00:21is not going to change the pitiful Grapefruit League lineup

00:25that you had in that baseball game last night.

00:27Well, you want good news?

00:28Roman Anthony hit a bomb.

00:30Last night for the Blue Sox.

00:31Well, maybe a new voice says, you know what?

00:33We're bringing up Anthony.

00:34We're putting him in the lineup.

00:36Maybe that's what a new voice does.

00:37But Cora, I'm sure, wants Roman Anthony in the lineup.

00:41Yeah.

00:42That would be like treating him like you treated Mayo.

00:44It's like, wait, you're going to fire me and bring up the guy

00:46that I've been begging for all along?

00:48But there's no way.

00:49Because I hear Cora talking on the afternoon show,

00:52and he kind of was like, Breslow, not going to rush up Anthony.

00:58So, I mean...

00:59That's coming from the top, though.

01:01I think that...

01:02But there's no way.

01:03There's no way people are going to tell me this.

01:05Because you wouldn't do it with Belichick.

01:08You wouldn't do it with...

01:10Belichick had final say over the roster.

01:11Like, but you wouldn't do it with guys.

01:15I believe Cora has maybe not final say,

01:19but has a lot of juice when it comes to who he wants up,

01:25free agent signings.

01:27I think that Cora has a...

01:29Because he...

01:29Well, who do you think had the ultimate say

01:32when it came to Christian Campbell

01:34being on this team on opening day?

01:37I think that Cora and Breslow worked together.

01:40I think it was Craig Breslow.

01:42Because he was willing to agree to a deal

01:44that was a team-friendly deal.

01:47Right.

01:47And they wanted to reward it.

01:48Right.

01:49But there's no way you're going to tell me

01:51that Cora's one of the best managers

01:52before he does his extension.

01:55And Courtney brings this up as a great point.

01:57Before he does his extension,

01:59and him come back and go,

02:01because he had the kind of bumpy road with Heinblum,

02:05and re-sign or do an extension

02:08knowing that he doesn't have power

02:10to make things happen.

02:11There's no...

02:12You can't tell me that about Cora now

02:14when you're like,

02:15every team wants him.

02:16Right.

02:17He's the best manager out there.

02:18I think I was wrong.

02:19I mean, in hindsight, clearly.

02:21I mean, if he doesn't have the power

02:23about how long Garrett Crochet goes

02:25at 85 pitches,

02:27then I'm sorry,

02:28he doesn't have the power I thought he did.

02:31If you can't dictate the starting pitcher

02:33but I think he does have the power,

02:35but he also buys into a pitch count.

02:39Oh, I don't think that...

02:40If it was up to Alex Cora,

02:41there is no shot in hell

02:43he takes Crochet out...

02:44Did you hear him?

02:45Does he have the power

02:46to remind the guy

02:47to tag up on second base

02:49with a fly ball to the outfield?

02:51You would think he would.

02:52He talked about the Crochet thing.

02:54I think Fitzy might have asked him

02:56the question about this.

02:57The Crochet and the 85 pitches.

02:59It's...

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