The Yankees and Red Sox have become renewed trade partners in recent years, and now, Boston legends are pointing to the Bronx Bombers as a way of doing business.
In the latest chapter of “the rivalry isn’t what it was 20-plus years ago,” Red Sox great Manny Ramirez used Yankees captain Aaron Judge as a reference point to drive home why he felt the Red Sox mishandled the growing tension with Rafael Devers before sending him to San Francisco in a blockbuster move Sunday“Devers was humiliated (by the Red Sox). It’s not about pride or ego. I think the team didn’t respect him or communicate with him properly,” Ramirez told MLB reporter Hector Gomez.
“I’m sure they didn’t do that to (Roger) Clemens. I can’t imagine the Yankees telling Judge, ‘Now we’re moving you to catcher.’”
Ramirez perhaps better understands most of the factors surrounding the Devers trade since he had some friction with the team from 2001-08.
While Ramirez didn’t always please the front office with his antics, the Red Sox kept him in the lineup before dealing him during his age-36 season in 2008.