Hunter Dobbins has only appeared in 10 games in his major-league career.
But the Red Sox rookie has already found a way to entrench himself in the century-long rivalry between Boston and the New York Yankees over the last week.
Before his start against the Yankees on Sunday, Dobbins, 25, told the Boston Herald that he would retire before playing for New York. Beyond that clear disdain for the Yankees, Dobbins told the Herald that his father, Lance, was drafted twice by New York before later being traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
When asked if he had a least favorite Yankees player, Hunter Dobbins singled out one player who seemingly had ties to his father.
“Can I say all of them but Andy Pettitte? Andy Pettitte and my dad were really good friends,” Dobbins told the Herald.
But a story from The New York Post’s Joel Sherman alleges that Dobbins made “false claims” about his father’s pro career and his relationship with Pettitte.
“Dobbins’ father, Lance, does not come up as a Yankee draft pick in any search of the team’s selections on Baseball Reference from any single season,” Sherman wrote in his story. “Yankees GM Brian Cashman, who has been with the organization since the late 1980s, has no recollection of the Yankees drafting Lance Dobbins and said a check with the Yankees amateur department revealed no drafting of a Lance Dobbins.
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