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BOSTON -- The Red Sox will visit the White House on May 9, participating in a ceremony with President Donald Trump to honor their 2018 World Series championship.

The visit is an optional one, with each team employee choosing if they'll attend the ceremony or go back to Boston after the team's series in Baltimore concludes. We've kept track of who's going and who's skipping here.

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PLAYERS

Matt Barnes, RHP

WILL ATTEND

"Yes." (Jan. 19)

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Mookie Betts, OF

WILL NOT ATTEND

"I won't be going there." (via the Boston Globe, Jan. 26)

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Mark J. Terrill

Jackie Bradley Jr., OF

WILL NOT ATTEND

"I don't get into politics. But I won't be going." (Feb. 6, via Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe)

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Xander Bogaerts, SS

WILL NOT ATTEND

"I won't be going, either. I won't be. I'll leave it there." (May 4)

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Ryan Brasier, RHP

WILL ATTEND

"I'm excited. Not many people get to go meet a President in the White House. I'm excited to go." (Jan. 17)

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Rafael Devers, 3B

WILL NOT ATTEND

"No. I'm just trying to focus on my season that's coming."

"I'm not a politician. My thing is just to play baseball. I don't have anything against politics. The opportunity was presented and I just wasn't compelled to go." (Jan. 19)

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Nathan Eovaldi, RHP

WILL ATTEND

No reason given. (Feb. 16, via the Boston Globe)

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Heath Hembree, RHP

WILL ATTEND

No reason given. (Feb. 16, via the Boston Globe)

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Brock Holt, UTIL

WILL ATTEND

"That's normally what championship teams do is: is visit the White House. I'm excited to go just to see the White House. Lot of history inside the building. To have the access that we're going to have is something pretty cool to experience that. So I'm looking forward to it."

"I didn't see what (Clemson) ate. I heard. McDonalds is a good choice, I guess. I hope if that's the case we go with Chick-fil-A or something like that. But yeah, I saw it. Hopefully, it's something that gets figured out. But I'm excited to go." (Jan. 17)

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Brian Johnson, LHP

WILL ATTEND

"I’m excited. Any time you get to meet the President, I think it’s going to be an awesome experience."

"Food is food. I think it's just the opportunity, getting to meet the President. It's a pretty cool experience." (Jan. 17)

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Sandy Leon, C

WILL NOT ATTEND

Visiting family in Ft. Myers on off day. (May 4)

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J.D. Martinez, DH

WILL ATTEND

"I'm going. I believe it's an honor to go. That's our capital. It's the White House. Not a lot of people ever get to go there. I'm really excited about it." (Feb. 17)

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Mitch Moreland, 1B

WILL ATTEND

"Oh yeah. I'm gonna be there." (Jan. 19)

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Eduardo Nunez, INF

UNDECIDED

"I'm still thinking. I'm not sure yet. I'll let you know as soon as I get there." (Jan. 19)

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Steve Pearce, 1B

WILL ATTEND

No reason given. (Feb. 16, via the Boston Globe)

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Rick Porcello, RHP

WILL ATTEND

"I'm gonna do whatever our ballclub does. Just hopefully we're all consistent in it and that's it." (Jan. 19)

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David Price, LHP

WILL NOT ATTEND

"It's baseball season." (April 18, via Jon Heyman)

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Eduardo Rodriguez, LHP

UNDECIDED

"I don't know. If most of the guys are going to go, I'll go with them. Just waiting to see. I don't decide yet. Just waiting to (see) what they're going to do." (Jan. 19)

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Chris Sale, LHP

WILL ATTEND

"Yes. I would be there. I think it would be cool going to the White House. Most popular house in the country." (Jan. 19)

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Brandon Workman, RHP

WILL ATTEND

No reason given. (Feb. 16, via the Boston Globe)

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Christian Vazquez, C

WILL NOT ATTEND

"Personal. It's personal. Nothing crazy but my opinion." (April 29)

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Hector Velazquez, RHP

WILL NOT ATTEND

"I made the choice not to go because, as we know, the president has said a lot of stuff about Mexico. And I have a lot of people in Mexico that are fans of me, that follow me. And I'm from there. So I would rather not offend anyone over there." (April 4)

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MANAGER/COACHES

Alex Cora, manager

WILL NOT ATTEND

“The government has done some things back home that are great, but as the report (in El Nuevo Día) said, we still have a long ways to go. And that’s our reality."

"It's pretty tough to go celebrate when we're where we're at. I'd rather not go and be consistent with everything." (May 4)

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Steven Senne

FRONT OFFICE/OWNERSHIP

Dave Dombrowski, president of baseball operations

WILL ATTEND

"We knew that was gonna come along at some point. We've accepted it. It's something we've talked about since right after the World Series. It's up to each individual if they want to attend or not." (Jan. 17)

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Sam Kennedy, president and CEO

WILL ATTEND

"I feel blessed to have gone three times and I'm looking forward to going for a fourth. It's about the honor of going to the White House." (Jan. 19)

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John Henry, principal owner

WILL ATTEND

"If the team goes, we'll go." (Jan. 18)

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Tom Werner, chairman

WILL ATTEND

"It's our intention to go. We went when President Bush honored the team. We went when President Obama honored the team. We look at it as a way to celebrate what the team accomplished." (Jan. 18)

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STILL UNKNOWN:

OF Andrew Benintendi

2B Dustin Pedroia

LHP Bobby Poyner

RHP Tyler Thornburg

RHP Steven Wright

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