Eduardo Rodriguez Ghosted Mookie Betts, JD Martinez Ahead Of Deadline

A bunch of World Series Champion teammates could not get on the same page

Eduardo Rodriguez Ghosted Mookie Betts, JD Martinez Ahead Of Deadline

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The Boston Red Sox's 2018 team was arguably one of the best rosters assembled in the history of Major League Baseball, winning 108 regular-season games before steamrolling through the playoffs.

Years later, it appears that there is some drama unfolding between three crucial members of that roster.

As everyone should know by now, the Los Angeles Dodgers tried to trade for Detroit Tigers ace Eduardo Rodriguez but the southpaw invoked his no-trade clause. He also ignored his former teammates during the whole process.

“I texted him, I don’t care what you do,” Mookie Betts told The Athletic's Fabian Ardaya. “If you come, cool. If you don’t, cool. Our relationship is not based off that. We’ll always be boys. I didn’t give a damn what he did.”

E-Rod did not respond and Betts was not the only former Red Sox slugger turned Dodgers star to be ignored.

"Absolute crickets," Martinez told Ardaya.

The fan response has been to overreact and determine that one or multiple of these players were bad teammates and claim there is bad blood between the former Red Sox stars.

That's not the point here. The story, however, is a little odd. It makes sense why Rodriguez was distracted in the moment but you'd think he'd circle back and respond to a pair of former teammates he won a World Series with.

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Published Aug 3, 2023

Scott Neville

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