Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora declined to discuss whether he would pursue a contract extension beyond 2027 as he prepares for his eighth season leading the team. Cora's current contract runs through the 2027 season following a three-year extension he signed in July 2024.

"We're in a good spot. I think the family is happy and things here look tremendous, right? I get that you have to go through phases through your career and there were tough years here. But now I think everything is in place, I feel strongly about what's going on here. We'll see what the future holds," Cora said.

"We have to talk about it. We made a decision on the last contract to keep it at three years, and there was a reason," he said when asked about his plans beyond 2027.

Cora won the World Series in his first season as manager in 2018. The team fired him in 2020 following fallout from the Houston Astros' 2017 cheating scandal. The Red Sox rehired him in 2021, but the team had losing seasons in 2022 and 2023 and missed the playoffs each year from 2022 through 2024.

As of the start of the 2026 season, Cora has 610 managerial wins with the Red Sox. He needs 134 more wins to tie Terry Francona for second place in all-time managerial wins by Red Sox managers. Cora played as an infielder for the Red Sox under Francona from 2005 through 2008 and won the World Series in 2007.

Cora's current contract extension pays him more than $7 million per season.