Another member of the brotherhood left the family just before game time on Wednesday. Daniel Nava, an outfielder on the Boston Red Sox’ 2013 championship team, was claimed on waivers by Tampa Bay. The Red Sox cut him last week, when he was hitting .152.

So it goes for the Red Sox, whose latest title seems more and more like a fluke with each succeeding last-place finish. Only six players from the World Series roster remain active for the Red Sox, with three others on the disabled list and the rest scattered in and out of the game.

“I talk to my friends about it; I talk to everyone about it — I don’t ever think that could be duplicated, that team, just the chemistry,” first baseman Mike Napoli said by his locker at Yankee Stadium before batting practice.

“We got to spring training, Day 1, I didn’t know anybody in here; a lot of guys didn’t. But it was weird, just from the beginning, how we all had the same interests. There were a lot of different personalities, but we were all the same, in a way — we all cared for each other, picked each other up. It was just so special.”