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Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow is standing up for his players, both past and present.
Breslow, in his weekly interview with WEEI's The Greg Hill Show on Thursday, shut down "nonsense" rumors swirling around outfielder Roman Anthony and now-former infielder Marcelo Mayer.
“There are no issues with Marcelo and Roman off the field. I appreciate that you say I can come on and clear the air, but I think I’ve been doing that for a couple of months now and people seem to ignore that," Breslow said. "There are no issues. There never were any issues. Marcelo and Roman are great guys, and very talented, and doing everything they can to get back on the field."
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If you haven't been keeping up with internet rumors surrounding baseball players who haven't even been playing baseball over the last couple of months, there was an unfounded story making its way across social media that claimed Mayer and Anthony had been involved in a physical altercation over their interest in the same girl -- supposedly leading to Mayer's trade to the San Francisco Giants on Monday.
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Breslow could not have shut that down any quicker.
"I think a lot of speculation surrounding them was completely unfounded and completely untrue," Breslow said. "... It's a baseball trade and an opportunity to strengthen our bullpen... so we did it. It's as simple as that."
Anthony and Mayer have long been tied at the hip, having essentially moved through the system together while also living together when they were first called up to the big leagues -- the last several months have led to them being split apart, however, with the former landing on the injured list on May 4 and the latter on June 26.
Anthony has since been transferred to continue his rehab down in Fort Myers, Florida. Mayer, of course, was traded to San Francisco.
The Red Sox can only hope that these rumors are behind them, especially considering neither one of those guys is in Boston.
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