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Sox rate with MLB players

According to a poll that will be released in this week's Sports Illustrated, the Red Sox are the fourth most-popular team among major-league players.

The press release:

Sports Illustrated asked 464 MLB Players: “If you could play for any major league team other than your own, which one would it be?”

San Diego Padres: 10%
New York Yankees: 10%
Atlanta Braves: 10%
Boston Red Sox: 8%
St. Louis Cardinals: 7%

FAST FACTS: The poll was taken just before the start of the season . . . Every team received a vote except for the Washington Nationals . . . The Detroit Tigers, last year’s AL representative in the World Series, received just one vote, the same as the Kansas City Royals and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays . . . The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (seventh, 5.5%) edged the L.A. Dodgers (eighth, 5.2%) . . . More than 18% of players 27 years old or younger voted for the Braves.

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