Daily Red Sox Links: Alex Cora, David Price, Craig Kimbrel

All year long, people have been looking for reasons to doubt this Red Sox team despite them being the best team in baseball from the start of the year. Maybe we should stop. (D.J. Bean; NBC Sports Boston)

Alex Cora made all the difference in this season for the Red Sox, even if we may have overestimated his impact on this series specifically. (Greg Bedard; Boston Sports Journal) ($$$)

Speaking of Cora, he had some words for a specific media member’s pregame thoughts on David Price. (Nicole Yang; Boston.com)

To close out the game Craig Kimbrel looked like a different pitcher. How’d he do that? (Rob Bradford; WEEI)

When Alex Bregman posted his Instagram video, just like when Aaron Judge played New York, New York, the Red Sox claimed they didn’t notice. It’s clear these things have motivated them, whether they want to admit it or not. (Christopher Smith; Masslive)

We don’t know for sure who the Red Sox will be playing in the World Series, so here’s a quick scouting report for both teams on the NL side. (Karl Capen; Boston Globe)

Ian Cundall has some scouting reports on a few relief prospects. (Ian Cundall; Sox Prospects)