Alex Verdugo, now with the New York Yankees after being acquired from the Red Sox, insists he has no hard feelings toward Boston manager Alex Cora after twice being benched last year.
Verdugo, a left-handed-hitting corner outfielder, played for Cora for three seasons before a rare trade between the AL East rivals in December.
Though Yankees offseason acquisition Alex Verdugo came over from the Red Sox holding a “caution” sign, he’s seemed to fit in nicely so far at camp, fulfilling Aaron Judge’s long-time vision.
WEEI announcer Will Flemming, apparently, has different ideas, holding his very own Boston Tea-Spilling Party over the airwaves of Wednesday’s Yankees-Red Sox exhibition.
Verdugo wasn’t very popular during his final season in Boston, though he was the emotional leader of the 2021 Red Sox underdog ALCS team (and don’t let any Bostonians tell you differently). He repeatedly clashed with Alex Cora over … let’s say, punctuality, leading to some benchings and an airing of grievances in the media (which is, as everyone knows, the healthiest way to handle these kinds of things).
According to Flemming on the broadcast, there are “already some rumblings of a lot of the stuff that hurt [Verdugo] in Boston, showing up behind schedule for things.” If so, those rumblings have only become public because of … you, my man!
