Ranking the Biggest Players Who Ditched the Boston Red Sox for the New York Yankees

The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees are arch-rivals and switching sides between the two is like breaking something sacrosanct. Here’s a list of 5 players that left Boston to join New York, adding fuel to the fire.

#5 Jacoby Ellsbury

One can say that the Red Sox moulded Ellsbury into an All-Star center fielder. Jacoby had other plans as he went on to sign a 7-year deal with the Yankees for $153M.

#4 Luis Tiant

Luis came to Boston at the age of 30 and it is then that he really took off. After 8 seasons with Boston, he switched sides and went to New York when they offered him a 2-year deal in the 1978-79 offseason.

#3 Wade Boggs

Boggs ended up with the Yankees after Jean Yawkey’s successor from the Red Sox pulled his contract. He played with the Yankees for 5 years but he could’ve been a lifetime Red Sox player.

#2 Roger Clemens

Betraying the Red Sox twice, no player had enjoyed the level of fame and success that Clemens garnered, which felt like rubbing salt on an open wound for all the Red Sox fans.

#1 Babe Ruth

Known as the original traitor, Babe Ruth is still considered to be one of the greatest baseball players. What started off as salary negotiations turned out to be a reason for Ruth to join the Yankees. This was also the start of the 'Curse of Bambino'.

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