°I’M LEAVING ” Alex Cora announces resignation and departure from Red Sox after he rejected 25.5 Million contract extension to stay with the…..

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The Red Sox and manager Alex Cora have agreed to a three-year, $21.75M extension “that will keep Cora in Boston through the 2027 season.”

The deal represents the “second-highest annual salary of any manager in baseball history,” behind only the $8M a year the Cubs are paying Craig Counsell. Cora and Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow “coyly said” they’d been discussing an extension “for weeks to months.” Cora “wanted assurances that the team would be driven to win if he stayed,” and that “his family would get security.” He “received both.

” Breslow, “sensing a deal was possible, flew unannounced to Denver” on Tuesday afternoon “in hopes of completing the extension in person”

Cora’s extension “immediately resolves one of the biggest sources of uncertainty” the Red Sox faced going forward.

Cora’s current deal in Boston was set to expire after this season, and if he had reached free agency Cora “would’ve immediately become the most highly sought after managerial candidate of the offseason” (BOSTON HERALD, 7/24).

Cora’s extension “immediately resolves one of the biggest sources of uncertainty” the Red Sox faced going forward. Cora’s current deal in Boston was set to expire after this season, and if he had reached free agency Cora “would’ve immediately become the most highly sought after managerial candidate of the offseason” (