The Boston Purple Sox’s unwillingness to spend final offseason led to a star outfielder discovering a brand new house with the Los Angeles Dodgers regardless of a transparent need to name Fenway Park house.

The Purple Sox have the third spot within the American League Wild Card race regardless of an injury-riddled roster and at the moment are able to purchase on the July 30 commerce deadline. Considered one of their wants is a right-handed bat, who might have been wearing a Red Sox jersey firstly of the season.

“Clearly I used to be not going to go spend my free company making an attempt to get a foul deal as a result of on the finish of the day, I like the Purple Sox,” Teoscar Hernández instructed WEEI’s Rob Bradford on the “Baseball Is not Boring” podcast. “It was certainly one of my favourite groups and I like enjoying (at Fenway Park), however on the finish of the day, I’ve to make what’s the greatest (choice) for me, and my profession and my household.”

Hernández is hitting .261 with 39 extra-base hits together with 19 house runs, 62 RBIs and a .802 OPS (125 OPS+) in 95 video games this season.

The 31-year-old’s feedback are a testomony to how poorly John Henry dealt with the staff’s price range this season and compelled a proficient outfielder to take his skills elsewhere.

In a full-circle second, the staff is scrambling so as to add a right-handed bat to strengthen their roster for a postseason run — which might have been averted by providing the fitting deal over the winter.

In equity, the Purple Sox weren’t anticipated to be within the Wild Card race and the 2024 marketing campaign was assumed to be one other down 12 months the place younger expertise was imagined to have an opportunity to shine.

Listening to that Hernández — a 2024 All-Star and now House Run Derby champion — would have beloved to name Boston house is a punch to the intestine for followers, and he doubtless would have made a huge effect on the staff.