Even after years of enduring taunts and boos from the team’s fans, Alex Rodriguez can still say nice things about the Red Sox. Asked who he thinks will make the World Series in 2017, FOX’s new baseball analyst made an interesting prediction given his personal history.

He chose the Red Sox.

“I like Nationals against the Red Sox,” Rodriguez predicted for the 2017 World Series. “The Nationals have a hell of a twosome with Trea Turner and Bryce Harper, and [the Red Sox] have a tremendous threesome with [Chris] Sale, [Rick] Porcello and David Price.”

Of course, Rodriguez also said that if David Price isn’t healthy, he’s taking the “under” on the Red Sox reaching 92.5 wins.


That Rodriguez, who retired in 2016, is picking the Red Sox suggests he can separate his analysis from his own experience.

In August of 2016, Fenway Park fans chanted for A-Rod just so that they could boo his plate appearance one final time. Rodriguez, who was nearly traded to Boston in December 2003, maintained that he loved Boston as his playing career came to a close, despite the reaction he provoked at the ballpark.