Red Sox address pitcher's tweet where he said homosexuals 'will go to hell' ahead of first MLB start

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Matt Dermody will start Thursday night for the Boston Red Sox, just under two years to the day since he posted a tweet that read homosexuals "will go to hell."

Dermody posted the tweet while playing in Japan in 2021.

"#PrideMonth. Homosexuals will not inherit the kingdom of God. They will go to hell. That is not my opinion, but the #Truth. Read 1 Corinthians 6:9. May we all examine our hearts, ask Jesus to forgive us, and repent for our sins. I love you all in Christ Jesus!" the tweet read.

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Boston Red Sox pitcher Matt Dermody (67) throws a pitch against the Atlanta Braves during the first inning at CoolToday Park.  (Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports)

Dermody met with Red Sox brass before signing with them this past January, and they spoke about the tweet. Ultimately, the organization decided to bring him in.

With Dermody making his first big league start, Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom discussed Dermody's tweet.

"It's important to us that he had taken the tweet down and important why he had done it. I talked to him personally about that and what he told me was that it really came down to two things. One, he didn't realize that his words would be hurtful, and he didn't want to hurt anybody and when he realized that they were, he took (the post) down," Bloom told Mass Live.

The Fenway Park mound displays the Red Sox logo as a Pride flag in honor of Pride night at Fenway Park before a game between the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox on June 7, 2018, in Boston, Massachusetts.   (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

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