Report: Alex Cora declines chance to manage Phillies

By Field Level Media Oct 07 (Field Level Media) Alex Cora turned down another opportunity to manage the Philadelphia Phillies and plans to take the ​2027 season off, USA Today reported Wednesday. The ‌report s source was a high-ranking Phillies executive with direct knowledge of the talks between Cora and Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski. Philadelphia reportedly plans to part ways with interim manager Don Mattingly ‌after ​falling to the Atlanta Braves in ⁠last week s National League ⁠wild-card series. Mattingly inherited a team that started 9-19 under Rob Thomson and guided them to a 79-55 mark to finish out the regular season. The ​Phillies fired Rob Thomson on April 28, three days after the Boston Red Sox fired Cora following ⁠a 10-17 start. Dombrowski said he ⁠offered the job to Cora at the ​time but was turned down, prompting the team to turn ​to Mattingly, who was in his first season ‌as Thomson s bench coach. It s not the time to talk about it, Mat