This just in, the Red Sox organization does have to pay Hanley's 22 vesting money for 2019. When the legal team was confronted and asked how that could happen, all that was replied was, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Glad you posted this. I saw the rublings of them taking a shot at Hanley, but it doesn't seem that way at all.
OB and Remy gave a brief yet glowing send off of Hanley and how he was as a person and in the clubhouse. They wouldn't have done that if they didn't like the guy. The DFA was all business. End of story for me.
This is the only thing I think is strange about the whole incident. The Sox want him picked and for the most money possible. Why throw this oddball statement in making him seem like a clubhouse problem.