Alex Cora explains what's different about Red Sox plan this offseason

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The Boston Red Sox finished their 2024 campaign with an 81-81 record and in third place in the American League East behind the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles.

This offseason, Boston is primed to make major changes to their roster with the hopes of becoming postseason and World Series contenders in the near future.

Last week, the Red Sox had their first meeting with superstar free agent Juan Soto and his representation, and manager Alex Cora was reportedly in attendance.

Cora recently spoke on the state of his team and their plans this offseason.

“I think the talk (internally) has been more about the big league club instead of player development, and that’s a positive for the fan base,” Cora said (via MassLive). “We have a plan in place. We know there’s certain aspects of the roster that we have to improve. I think we’re going to be very aggressive on that.

“We talked about if after the season on the stage (at the end-of-year press conference), where we’re at right now as an organization. We’re in a good place... We made some strides. That’s the bottom line. There were some individual players, if you go by pieces of the puzzle, there were some good stories. Guys got better. Guys can still get better. And there’s a plan in place.

“I truly believe what we talked about — I can’t talk for Scott (Boras) and what the industry’s saying — but what we said the last time we were together at Fenway. We were very honest and I think we’re going to execute.”

Boston's fans are restless after three seasons of failing to make the postseason, so making moves will certainly get the fan base excited again and give the team better opportunities to hoist a trophy.