USA Today reports that nine Red Sox players - including a majority of the starting lineup - along with manager Alex Cora, will be absent from Thursday's ceremony at the White House.
Mookie Betts, David Price, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers, Jackie Bradley, Hector Velazquez, Christian Vazquez, Eduardo Núñez, and Sandy Leon will not be attending. The article notes that the ten men are "all persons of color".
Cora has been resolute in his support of his native Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria devastated the island in September 2017, killing more than 3,000, destroying the power grid and leaving scores homeless.