Yankees announcer says Alex Cora will never manage the ‘dumpster fire’ Mets
The Yankees announcer cited incompatible management styles and said Cora has never considered the Mets an option during his career.
Every time a high-profile manager gets fired in baseball, the hot takes start flying. And when Alex Cora was let go by the Red Sox less than 30 games into the 2026 season, it didn’t take long for the Mets to get dragged into the conversation. On the latest episode of “The Michael Kay Show” on ESPN New York, Yankees announcer Michael Kay had heard enough.
Kay dismantled the Alex Cora-to-the-Mets narrative, explaining exactly why he thinks it’s never going to happen — and using the moment to deliver a broader indictment of what he sees as one of the most troubling trends in modern baseball. “You think he’s going to take a job with a guy who really carries himself like he invented baseball? ” Kay said , referring to Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns.
“I don’t think the Mets have ever been an option for Alex Cora, ever. ” Kay’s dismissal of the rumor goes beyond personal relationships. It’s about how Alex Cora operates as a manager — and how the Mets are built to be run.
The Mets, under Stearns, are what Kay describes as “suffocatingly analytic. ” That’s not an insult — it’s a management philosophy. But it is completely incompatible with how Kay believes Cora works.