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For many New York Mets fans, Alex Cora being their new manager in 2027 seems like a no-brainer. However, the Boston Red Sox emerging as one of MLB’s hottest teams should make Mets supporters rethink that notion. New York has been a mess for much of the last year. After a strong start to their 2025 campaign, they fell apart in the second half and blew a chance at a playoff appearance. In 2026, their disappointing play has continued, and they head into their weekend series against the Pittsburgh Pirates with the sixth-worst record in MLB and one of its most expensive rosters. Although the front office gave manager Carlos Mendoza the chance to turn things around this year, he couldn’t and was fired at the end of June. Senior Vice President for Player Development Andy Green replaced him, but he is expected to return to that job after the season. This means the club will begin a search for a new skipper this fall. Alex Cora’s case to be the next NY Mets manager A lot of different names have been linked to the Mets as potential options in 2027. Current and future Hall of Famers Carlos Beltran and Albert Pujols are two of the most prominent. However, if you talk to fans of the team, one particular name comes up a lot: Alex Cora. And it is understandable why. He has a 620-541 record as an MLB manager over eight seasons in a pressurized market in Boston. He led the franchise to its most recent World Series win in 2018 — his first year as manager. And he was the bench coach for the previous year’s champs, the Houston Astros. Cora is certainly a very qualified candidate. And after failing with a first-time head coach in Mendoza, it makes sense for the Mets to go with a proven veteran as his replacement. Yet, there is reason to view Cora as a good candidate, but not the top option. The case against Alex Cora being the new NY Mets skipper Cora has certainly been one of the better managers in MLB since 2018, but he hasn’t been a dominant force. The 50-year-old had a spectacular debut season as he guided the Red Sox to a 108-win campaign. The most regular-season wins in franchise history and the first 100-plus-win year since 1946. But since then, he has had mixed results, including three .500 or worse seasons from 2019 to 2024. Last year, the Sox went 89-73 and returned to the playoffs for the first time in four years. However, an underwhelming 10-17 start to this year was too much for management, and they fired him in April. His ouster was seen as unfair since, despite being a big-market club, Boston has not spent big to improve the roster in recent seasons and traded away some of their best players. Yet, management felt there was serious talent on the team, and they should have been better. Well, it looks like they were right. While it took some time, with Chad Tracy installed as manager, the Red Sox have been the hottest team in baseball since June 19. In that time, they have gone 34-8 and are looking like a legit World Series contender after some nice additions before the trade deadline. It begs the question: why wasn’t Cora able to do the same if he is such a good manager? Did he lose the locker room? And if he did, that isn’t a good sign when the Mets have already been dealing with clubhouse problems over the last year. If you take away his debut season when Boston went 108-54, his record as manager is 512-48. A far less impressive number. It doesn’t mean Cora can’t be a great manager for the Mets. However, the Red Sox’s torrid play over the last two months should send a message to New York fans that he isn’t necessarily the far-and-away top option to be manager next year. Tap Here To Add Sportsnaut As A Trusted Source on Google