The Rays want to continue Curtis Granderson's 'We Follow Lucas Duda' tradition

For two years, the Mets’ Curtis Granderson had been running an Instagram account called “wefollowlucasduda.” As the name suggests, Granderson puts up posts where he followed Lucas Duda, whether he’s in the locker room, on TV, or in a throwback photo. On July 27, the Mets traded Duda to the Rays, which subsequently put Granderson’s Duda fan account in jeopardy of being obsolete.

The last thing “wefollowlucasduda” posted before Duda left was a video of Granderson clutching his teammate’s ankle so he couldn’t leave.

The Rays took notice of the Instagram account, and tweeted an invitation to Granderson to presumably negotiate new ownership of the account.

Granderson acknowledged it, and put a call out to Mets fans on what they should get in return for the “wefollowlucasduda” password:

And while negotiations are (probably) still going on, Sergio Romo — who was also traded to the Rays recently — posted what’s essentially his audition video for taking the reins on Granderson’s account. He looks ready to mess around with him on the regular.

As DJ Khaled would say, the Rays and Granderson (and maybe Romo) are up to something. But for now, it looks like “wefollowlucasduda” will be on hiatus — hopefully, it’ll be a short one.