Papelbon said he’d been part of that type of scenario himself. The former closer said that then-manager Terry Francona told him to throw at Manny Ramirez after the slugger had been traded to the Chicago White Sox in 2010.

Former Boston Red Sox slugger Rafael Devers made it clear in his introductory press conference with the San Francisco Giants that he is willing to do whatever he can to help the team. When this was said,