When Red Sox manager Alex Cora was asked last week for one player he was really hoping would take a step forward in 2023, it didn’t take him very long to give an answer: Alex Verdugo.
Next May, Verdugo will turn 27, the age long considered to be the prime age for hitters in baseball. In the eyes of some, he still hasn’t lived up to his potential.
As Cora said last week: “He’s getting to that area in his career of who he’s going to be.”
