Red Sox fans are so mad over the decision to trade away star Rafael Devers that some went to the extreme lengths of doxxing “some members” of the organization.
TMZ reported on Tuesday that Newton police had been made aware of the situation and that chief baseball officer Craig Breslow even had his home address posted online.
Police told the outlet that authorities had been “notified by representatives from the Boston Red Sox Organization that some members of the Red Sox have been victims of doxxing on social media due to a recent trade.”
The Newton Police Department added that it was not investigating any sort of online threats.
All this comes after the Red Sox pulled the trigger on a trade that sent Devers to San Francisco right after Boston had completed the series sweep of the Yankees last weekend.
Devers addressed the media Tuesday, but was ready to put the saga he had in Boston behind him, telling reporters that the situation was “in the past” and that “I’m moving forward.”
“I don’t really want to talk about it,” he said.
The Red Sox claimed that the two sides had reached an “inflection point” which led to the trade. Devers was unhappy about the organization asking him to move from third base to DH, initially refusing to do so, after the signing of free agent Alex Bregman in the offseason.
The slugger eventually softened his stance and made the transition, but later in the season, refused to move to first base after being asked by Breslow.
Breslow also suggested during a press conference on Monday night that the trade was in “no way a signifying of the waving of the white flag” on this season.
“I acknowledge that kind of on paper, we’re not going to have the same lineup as we did,” Breslow said. “This is about the game that’s played on the field and ultimately on winning the most games that we can. … I do think there is a real chance that at the end of the season we’re looking back at more wins than we otherwise would have.”
In their first game since the trade, the Red Sox beat the Mariners, 2-0.
