Even though he’s on the wrong side of one of the Red Sox’ worst trades of this millenium, Tyler Thornburg can’t help but be happy for Travis Shaw.
The 34 doubles, 31 homers, .273 average and .862 OPS that Shaw provided for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2017 actually made Thornburg feel happy for his former club.
“In no way would that ever make it worse,” said Thornburg, the former Brewers reliever who missed the entire 2017 season with the Red Sox due to shoulder surgery. “Because I had the opportunity coming up with the Brewers and I think the last thing that anyone would have wanted for him was just to be here (in Boston) and not starting every day, not getting an opportunity to play against lefties.