AI Slop? Red Sox Villain Posts Questionable Apology For Boston

Babe Ruth. Aaron Boone. Alex Rodriguez. Bucky Dent.

The New York Yankees have produced plenty of villainous figures who served as a thorn in the side of the Boston Red Sox.

Cam Schlittler looks like he’s going to become the latest, having spent the last several weeks utilizing a few new-age tools to display the traits that make him the perfect foil — despite being from Boston.

Schlittler, as you probably already know, shoved in the deciding game of the 2025 American League Wild Card Series — pitching eight shutout innings in which he set the rookie record for most strikeouts in a single postseason game (12) against the Red Sox. Boston, as you can probably guess, did not enjoy the performance, and let him know all about that displeasure with several barbs being fired in the direction of his family members for switching up their allegiances.

Schlittler responded in a not-so-subtle way weeks later, dropping a NSFW quote in a fan video that was posted to X — while also continuing to share some thoughts via his own account.

Would you be surprised to learn that the rookie is already starting to walk things back?

Schlittler posted an apology to social media on Wednesday.

“Anyone who knows me knows how highly I speak of Boston and how much I love the city,” part of the statement reads, ignoring his pugnacious approach to the topic ever since his final appearance against his hometown team.

I’d be the first person to give him credit for trying to move past the admittedly overblown storyline, but… it doesn’t appear that he actually wrote the apology.

Schlittler’s screenshot includes a small bubble in the bottom right corner, which would suggest it comes from an AI platform like ChatGPT or Google Gemini. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and also mention that the reason for that could be because he wanted to check for punctuation errors or something like that, but those em dashes beg to differ — and that’s coming from a guy who loves unnecessary punctuation.

Does it matter in the long run?

No, the kid didn’t need to apologize in the first place, but next time he feels the need to send something out maybe he can look for a human to help him out.

I’ll even offer my services at an extremely fair rate…