photo from bostonherald.com: The Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora poses with the Puerto Rican flag during last October’s celebration after the Sox won the World Series. Cora says he will take the White House up on their offer and celebrate with the Sox their Championship

On That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast:

#1 The Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora said that he and the Sox would appear at the White House in spite of his political difference with Trump. Cora from Puerto Rico disagreed on the amount of people that were left dead from Hurricane Maria in 2017. Cora called Trump’s comment’s disrespectful, but regardless plans to put his differences aside and take the team to the White House to honor their World’s Championship in 2018.

#2 Robinson Cano and closer Edwin Diaz were traded from Seattle to the New York Mets. Cano is a former New York Yankee from 2005-2013 and comes back to the Big Apple this time as a Met. Cano hit .304, with 10 HRs and 50 RBIs. Diaz’s pitch was 0-4 but had an ERA 1.96, 73.1 innings pitched struck out 124, 41 hits and 17 runs.

#3 On ESPN’s show Pardon the Interruption, the subject of the San Francisco Giants trading Madison Bumgarner came up. Bum has been getting hung up and also lost some games that was not Bumgarner fashion last season. Bumgarner was 6-7 and had a 3.26 ERA.

#4. Kyler Murray will not choose football, despite having a Heisman contending year for Oklahoma University. Had Murray stayed with football, it is very likely he would have been a first round draft pick. Instead, Murray will report to Spring Training with the Oakland A’s. Murray hit .296, 13 doubles, with 10 home runs last season for the Sooners. Did Murray make the right choice to play baseball?

#5 Finally, can you see Bryce Harper signing with the Chicago Cubs? The money is there and all the benefits that go with it, can it happen?

Amaury does That’s Amaury each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com