Jacoby Ellsbury sent a thank-you message to Red Sox fans on Friday via an advertisement in the Boston Globe.

Ellsbury, who will be introduced by the Yankees at a press conference at Yankee Stadium on Friday at 11 a.m., left the Red Sox as a free agent after helping them win the World Series. He landed a seven-year, $153 million deal with the Yankees.

The text of his message reads as follows: