Ortiz posted a photo of himself with his retired number in the Fenway outfield with a message that read:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe thing is that to have some like this at Boston you have to just not be a hitter you have to be the full package a all the way around player… go Sox.\u201d<\/p>\n
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This added to some choice words Ortiz told The Athletic on Monday<\/a>, just one day after the trade first was reported.<\/p>\n \u201cI know the communication between Devers and the Red Sox wasn\u2019t the best at the very beginning,\u201d Ortiz told The Athletic. \u201cBut at some point, you have to realize the organization has the power over everyone. They can play you, trade you, let you go. Sometimes, as a young player, it\u2019s hard to understand that. <\/p>\n “But they have the power to do whatever they want. The only thing you can control is what you do on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n “Big Papi” \u2019s remarks didn\u2019t go over well with everyone with ties to the Red Sox, however, as his former teammate Pedro Martinez had his own thoughts on the situation and even mentioned Ortiz as a possible influence on the Devers-Red Sox relationship deteriorating.<\/p>\n \u201cBig Papi also made a mistake in spring training by speaking in front of the cameras about some of the things that he needed to tell Devers,\u201d Martinez said<\/a>. \u201cAnd just like I said before, that should\u2019ve been handled in-house. Big Papi should\u2019ve gone out with Devers to talk about those things, not really openly speaking in the field, because the cameras are able to pick up everything that we say.\u201d<\/p>\n