Red Sox pitcher David Price clarifies sharing of 'insensitive' tweet about White House visit

The Boston Red Sox are scheduled to visit the White House to celebrate their 2018 World Series victory on Thursday, but as has become the norm as of late, many star players have revealed they won't be going.

Starting pitcher David Price is among those who will not be in attendance, alongside Xander Bogaerts, Jackie Bradley Jr., reigning American League Most Valuable Player Mookie Betts and manager Alex Cora, including others.

Price stated that his reasoning for not visiting the White House was simply because "it's baseball season," but on Monday, he took to Twitter to seemingly make another comment on the matter.

Price quoted a message from Steve Buckley, a columnist at The Athletic, saying he believed that the tweet should be seen by more than just Buckley's followers. The tweet brought up the racial divide between Red Sox players who are attending the White House ceremony and those who aren't.

The message Price was trying to get across, however, was largely misinterpreted. Many believed he was calling out his teammates who are making the trip to D.C., but he later clarified by saying he thought the initial tweet was "insensitive."

Several players declined to mention President Donald Trump or his policies as part of their decisions not to visit the White House, with Bradley Jr. saying he wouldn't have gone "even if Hillary Clinton was in office." Betts and Bogaerts chose not to expand on their reasoning, and catcher Sandy Leon said he will instead use the day to visit his pregnant wife in Florida.

It had long been speculated, however, that the team's manager would not make the trip. Cora has been critical of Trump in the past, calling the president's comments on Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria "disrespectful." Cora made his decision official on Sunday.