{"id":113380,"date":"2025-10-28T06:35:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T06:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=113380"},"modified":"2025-10-28T06:35:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T06:35:23","slug":"yankees-blasted-by-red-sox-star-says-hed-rather-retire-than-rejoin-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=113380","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Blasted by Red Sox Star Says He\u2019d \u2018Rather Retire\u2019 Than Rejoin Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20251027_184024_0000.png?w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20251027_184024_0000.png?w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20251027_184024_0000.png?w=1100&amp;quality=15&amp;strip=all 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20251027_184024_0000.png?w=1350&amp;quality=35&amp;strip=all 1350w\" alt=\"Yankees Blasted by Red Sox Star Says He\u2019d \u2018Rather Retire\u2019 Than Rejoin Team\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Yankees have been called many things over the years\u2014but \u201crespectful\u201d isn\u2019t one of them according to Aroldis Chapman. The former Yankees closer, now thriving with the Boston Red Sox, unleashed a fiery rebuke of his old team during an appearance on the Spanish-language podcast Swing Completo.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether he\u2019d ever consider returning to the Bronx, Chapman didn\u2019t hesitate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo way. Not even dead,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I were told that I was being traded to New York, I\u2019d pack my things and go home. I\u2019ll retire right on the spot if that happens. I\u2019m not crazy. Never again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chapman, who spent parts of seven seasons with the Yankees between 2016 and 2022, made it clear that his resentment has nothing to do with the clubhouse. He insisted he got along well with teammates and manager Aaron Boone but drew a firm line when it came to the front office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI dealt with a lot of disrespect there,\u201d Chapman continued. \u201cThey just wanted to find a way to get rid of me, but they didn\u2019t know how. I just dealt with it quietly, kept playing, and doing what I always do. The bosses are the ones who make those decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>A Bitter Ending to a Tumultuous Yankees Tenure<\/h2>\n<p>Chapman\u2019s Yankees career began with great promise. The Yankees acquired him from the Cincinnati Reds in 2016, and he quickly became one of baseball\u2019s most dominant relievers, helping the team reach multiple postseasons and earning three All-Star selections in pinstripes. The Yankees even brought him back on a five-year, $86 million contract after briefly trading him to the Chicago Cubs for their 2016 championship run.<\/p>\n<p>But the relationship soured late in his tenure. In 2022, Chapman posted a career-worst 4.46 ERA while losing his closer\u2019s role. An infected leg tattoo sidelined him for a month, and when he skipped a mandatory postseason workout, the Yankees left him off the ALDS roster entirely. That decision effectively ended his time in New York, and Chapman left without ever pitching another inning for the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew things were off at the end,\u201d Chapman said. \u201cThey wanted me gone, and I could feel it.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Chapman\u2019s Career Revival with the Rival Red Sox<\/h2>\n<p>What once looked like the twilight of Chapman\u2019s career has instead turned into a stunning second act. After short stints with the Royals, Rangers, and Pirates, he landed with the Boston Red Sox in 2025 and immediately dominated. The 37-year-old closer finished the season with a sparkling 1.17 ERA, 85 strikeouts, and 32 saves over 61 1\/3 innings\u2014arguably the best performance of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Boston rewarded him with a $13.3 million extension for 2026, a move that keeps him firmly in the American League East but far from Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>That dynamic only adds salt to the wound for Yankee fans who remember Chapman as both hero and scapegoat\u2014a flame-throwing closer whose time in New York ended in chaos.<\/p>\n<p>While the Red Sox celebrate his resurgence, Chapman seems more than happy to keep his distance from the organization that once defined him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll retire before I go back there,\u201d he repeated firmly.<\/p>\n<p>For the Yankees, the message couldn\u2019t be clearer\u2014one of their most recognizable stars of the past decade wants nothing to do with them ever again.<\/p>\n<p>Alvin Garcia Born in Puerto Rico, Alvin Garcia is a sports writer for Heavy.com who focuses on MLB. His work has appeared on FanSided, LWOS, NewsBreak, Athlon Sports, and Yardbarker, covering mostly MLB. More about Alvin Garcia<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Yankees<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman says he\u2019d \u201crather retire\u201d than return to New York, citing disrespect from team executives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":113384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yankees Blasted by Red Sox Star Says He\u2019d \u2018Rather Retire\u2019 Than Rejoin Team - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=113380\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yankees Blasted by Red Sox Star Says He\u2019d \u2018Rather Retire\u2019 Than Rejoin Team - 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