José Alexander Cora (born October 18, 1975) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball coach and former infielder who currently is the bench coach for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was formerly a baseball analyst for ESPN and played college baseball at the University of Miami.Cora was drafted in the 12th round of the 1993 Major League Baseball draft by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign a contract and decided instead to play collegiate baseball at the University of Miami. While there, Cora was named to the College World Series all-tournament team in both 1995 and 1996. He led the team to the title game in 1996, a game they lost to Louisiana State University. Wikipedia