The Red Sox released minor leaguer and 2017 third-round pick Brett Netzer following a series of racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic tweets.
After The Athletic’s Chad Jennings reported that Netzer was being released, Netzer quote-tweeted him, agreeing that he was racist and homophobic but taking issue with the characterizattion of him as anti-Semitic.Netzer attacked Bloom for supporting Black Lives Matter and LGBT initiatives in another tweet.
He also wrote that black people should “go back to their roots and start to re-establish their true black culture,” and in another tweet, called closeted transgender people rapists.In one of his tweets, Brett Netzer wrote, “I am a racist.”Netzer, who hadn’t played a game since prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, had a career .263/.327/.355 slash line in the minor leagues. He was on the restricted list in 2021.
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