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Pedro Martinez Blasts Red Sox For Rafael Devers Situation
Pedro Martinez Blasts Red Sox For Rafael Devers Situation
Add another iconic legend from the 2004 championship Red Sox team to blast the club on the way they handled the Rafael Devers situation. Manny Ramirez was the first. Now, Pedro Martinez is joining the party. When Pedro speaks in this town, you listen.
There’s a lot here, so I’m going to share two videos for your viewing pleasure. Some of the key quotes will be dropped below.
“I was shocked, just like everybody else,” said Martinez. “I was shocked, because if you try to sell to me—knowing Rafael Devers—that Raffy is a bad teammate, or he’s not a team player, you’re lying. You’re going to tell me he’s a bad influence in the clubhouse? He’s not. Does he want to play every single day? Yes, that’s probably why he was mad.”
“The thing got mishandled from the get-go,” Martinez explained of the fallout between Devers and the team, noting that he thinks it would’ve been better had experienced players been in the discussion.
“This should’ve been handled by baseball people, not front office people, not leaking it to the media, not having a back-and-forth between the media, and Alex [Cora], and Sam Kennedy, and [Craig] Breslow.”
“We’re always around. We’re always available. [Dustin] Pedroia’s available, [Jason Varitek] is working with the team there, someone he can really trust. The thing is I don’t think they were individually asked to go to Devers to do those things,” Martinez added, “and the press conference that they held the other day didn’t help it at all because you hear the front office—Sam Kennedy, Breslow, and all those guys—talking about the situation. They talked about championships and stuff like that, but it’s not just the championships. It’s not what we have done, it’s understanding the human inside the uniform. That’s what nobody probably understands about Devers. How was he feeling when you were telling him dump your glove? Was he offended? Was he feeling funny about not being treated like somebody that could be worth a position in the infield. I think there was a lot of miscommunication, but it should’ve been handled by baseball people.”
I’ll close with this because Pedro hit a really key talking point that nobody is talking about. The Red Sox have such a strong player alumni that the club can lean on. The fact that Craig Breslow would insulate himself and not seek out any of those guys to help ease this situation over only further shows how out of touch with reality he is. Honoring players of the past is such an easy way to get this situation under control. The Sox management failed miserably in this aspect. No question about that.
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