Recent Yankees addition admits he was 'mad' when Red Sox traded him to New York

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For just the seventh time in 50 years, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox recently made a trade with one another.

Roughly 24 hours before the Yanks got the big fish in Juan Soto amid baseball's offseason, they caught another in Alex Verdugo.

The outfielder never quite panned out to his top-prospect billing in Boston, and after some issues with his former club, they dealt him to the Bronx.

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Alex Verdugo of the Boston Red Sox walks into the dugout before a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 4, 2023, at Fenway Park in Boston. (Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)

However, Verdugo embraced the Red Sox so much that he was initially annoyed when he had joined a rival in a trade.

"The genuine reaction was mad. I was hot. I was just like, ‘Man, they really sent me to the rivals? The Yankees?’" Verdugo told reporters on Thursday.

Of course, it's not the first time the Yankees have taken on a rival. Verdugo would probably tell you he wasn't nearly as hated as, say, Roger Clemens when the Yankees acquired him in 1999.

But as Verdugo started to move on himself, "reminiscing" about his rather rocky relationship with Boston manager Alex Cora, members of the Yankees were quick to reach out to Verdugo and make him feel right at home.

The Red Sox's Alex Verdugo celebrates his walk-off RBI single during the ninth inning against Cleveland, Sept. 4, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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"Then, after about a day, I just started sitting back, started thinking, reminiscing