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The team comes first, within reason, and upgrading from the worst defensive third baseman in the game to an above-average one -- so the team can win more -- is a perfectly valid reason to move on from whatever promises were made. It is, in fact, what the team is supposed to do. We’ve heard for years about how good a manager Alex Cora is; this is what he gets paid to do, sell an unhappy player on a decision that is best for the team. Use a carrot, use a stick, but in the end, Cora has to put the best team on the field.
