{"id":561113,"date":"2026-02-08T13:45:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T13:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/561113\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T13:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T13:45:32","slug":"former-red-sox-world-series-champion-inducted-into-minor-league-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/561113\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Red Sox World Series Champion Inducted Into Minor League Hall Of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jackie Bradley Jr. had a pretty good Major League career. It wasn\u2019t Hall of Fame worthy, but it was better than most. <\/p>\n<p>In 11 MLB seasons, including nine with the Red Sox, he was an All-Star, a Gold Glove winner, an ALCS MVP and <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/04\/member-of-2018-world-series-winning-red-sox-joins-espn-as-analyst\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a World Series champion<\/a>. Not too shabby.<\/p>\n<p>A first-round draft pick by Boston in 2011, Bradley began his professional career with the Red Sox later that year. He quickly rose through the Minor Leagues and debuted in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>One of the key stepping stones in Bradley\u2019s baseball journey was with the Salem Red Sox in High-A, where he spent part of the 2012 season before moving up to Double-A Portland.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Bradley was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JackieBradleyJr\/status\/2019545783444598945\" rel=\"nofollow\">inducted into the Salem Red Sox Hall of Fame<\/a> as part of their Class of 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Bradley posted a picture of his plaque on X on Thursday with the following caption: \u201cWow! What a surreal honor. I\u2019m thankful and extremely grateful to be a part of the 2026 Salem Red Sox Hall of Fame!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bradley flourished for Salem in his 67 games there, batting .359\/.480\/.526 and immediately establishing himself as one of the best prospects in Boston\u2019s farm system. He also had 31 extra-base hits, 34 RBI, 53 runs and 16 stolen bases, showcasing a promising blend of speed, power, patience and defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He continued to play well after moving up to Portland and reached the Major Leagues the following year, kicking off a successful run with the Red Sox as one of their best defensive center fielders in franchise history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jackie Bradley Jr. had a pretty good Major League career. It wasn\u2019t Hall of Fame worthy, but it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2375],"tags":[5,141,48,2542,647,4,89,2543],"class_list":{"0":"post-561113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-red-sox","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-red-sox","11":"tag-bostonredsox","12":"tag-jackie-bradley-jr","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-red-sox","15":"tag-redsox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116035317033363790","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}