What did Red Sox legend closer Jonathan Papelbon have to say about Devers?

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00:00what Jonathan Papelbon had to say about Raphael Devers.

00:05He spoke to the game.

00:07Is that the station chime?

00:0895.7, the game, yep.

00:10And talked a little bit about some of the issues

00:14that he has heard about Raphael Devers.

00:18So go ahead and let's hear what Jonathan Papelbon had to say.

00:21Raphael Devers does not do media.

00:24He does not talk to the media.

00:25He does not make himself available.

00:27He does not do team functions.

00:30And he had became a cancer in the clubhouse.

00:34You think Raphael was a bad teammate?

00:36I do.

00:37He wasn't willing to conform to what the Red Sox needed.

00:41And when you're the highest paid player

00:44and your company or your team needs something,

00:47I think it's up to that person

00:49that they have to do what's best for the team.

00:53Am I in that clubhouse?

00:54No, I'm not.

00:55Do I hear little riffs and stuff about what's going on?

00:59Yeah, here and there.

01:00But I do know for 110% fact that John Henry was not happy with Raphael Devers.

01:09Wow.

01:10So there you have – it's interesting, the guys who are stepping up to comment on this.

01:17Right.

01:18He is – I'll beat you to the punch.

01:20He's on the payroll.

01:21He is, yep.

01:21He's on the Red Sox payroll.

01:23So – but I don't know.

01:25I guess you didn't –

01:27I don't disagree with anything he said.

01:29I mean, outside of the cancer thing, which I don't like.

01:31I would say, like, yep, he didn't conform.

01:35He didn't do team stuff.

01:36He didn't go to charity.

01:37He was a problem.

01:38But who cares about that because he's a great hitter.

01:40Right.

01:40Yeah.

01:40Yeah, because if you're trying to make a – if you want to make a – get a Boy Scouts in, fine.

01:44You'll win 40 games.

01:46And he was winning – that Sunday, that cancer, won you the game with the insurance run home run.

01:52How many games did Devers win over the last couple weeks when the team was scuffling

01:57and he was the only guy hitting?

01:58I just – I don't think he's a great teammate, but I don't think that you get him –

02:03you're not better by getting rid of him.

02:04No, no, and I agree with you, Curtis, but I think what it does is that it allows fans

02:09that were already disappointed with Devers for not wanting to play first base

02:15or not wanting to, you know, help out the team.

02:17It then gives you – because when Pap says it, a guy that, you know, is a little bit plugged in

02:23or Big Papi and you're like, all right, maybe there are things that you start to –

02:26it gives, like, fans the way to say, okay, I can see why the Red Sox ultimately traded him

02:32on got rid of him because – not a cancer in the locker room.

02:36I don't want to – because people get upset when you use that word.

02:38But an influence in the locker room when it comes to maybe dividing it

02:43or whispering in the ears of some younger players.

02:45And you think he was.

02:47Yeah, I mean, based off of what we're starting to hear and what's starting to come out,

02:51I definitely think he was influential when it comes to them – and Breslow said it,

02:57we want to have a specific culture for the team and younger guys.

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