We’re getting down to the wire ahead of the MLB trade deadline and Boston Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez is the latest domino to fall.
On Monday, less than 24 hours before the trade deadline, a bizarre situation occurred ahead of the Red Sox’s game against the Houston Astros. According to Jeff Passan, long-time Red Sox catcher Vazquez was on the move just hours before first pitch to… the hosting Astros.
It’s not often trades take a player between clubhouses like this, but Vazquez seemingly found out about the trade while he was on the field for warmups. Media for the Red Sox and Astros were able to track down Vazquez to ask him his thoughts on the trade, but before the 31-year-old catcher could get very far, Boston public relations awkwardly pulled him away from the crowd.
Vazquez when asked if he was traded to Astros, “I think so, yeah.”
How does it feel: “It’s a business.”
Red Sox PR pulled him away. pic.twitter.com/fQ06LVzwW0
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) August 1, 2022
Vazquez was clearly still taking the trade in — he’s spent all eight years of his MLB career with the Red Sox and was the team’s longest-tenured member — as he was talking to the media, so it’s no wonder the PR representative stepped in. But man, what an awkward situation.
Even weirder is that Vazquez was just in hitters meetings with the Red Sox and now knows how his former team was planning on dealing with the Astros pitchers!
J.D. Martinez notes how strange it is Vazquez just went through hitters meetings with Red Sox so he knows how they are planning to approach Astros
— Rob Bradford (@bradfo) August 1, 2022
It’s a shame Vazquez’s time with the Red Sox has ended in such an unceremonious manner, as he was clearly beloved by his teammates and Boston fans alike.
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