Let’s start with his contract, which was agreed to last July and kicked in at the start of this season. If the Red Sox terminated him now, they’d owe him about $20 million. The Red Sox have eaten bigger contracts in the past, but they’re not about to walk away from a manager less than three months into a three-year deal.

With the Boston Red Sox vastly underperforming expectations, one prominent Boston sports commentator predicts manager Alex Cora will be fired in the next month.

To call the Boston Red Sox's season a disappointment so far would be a major understatement. At 30-35, Boston fell 10 1/2 games out of first place with a 9-6 loss to the New York Yankees on Friday night.