Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran flips off fan who allegedly told him to harm himself in loss to Twins

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Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran flipped disconnected a instrumentality during the team’s 6-0 nonaccomplishment to the Minnesota Twins connected Tuesday night, claiming the instrumentality told him to harm himself. 

Duran, who has spoken openly astir his struggles with intelligence health, was seen flipping the vertebrate arsenic helium returned to the dugout pursuing a fifth-inning groundout. The incidental was captured connected the broadcast, and aft the game, Duran explained that his obscene motion was successful effect to a instrumentality crossing the line. 

Boston Red Sox near fielder Jarren Duran hits a treble successful the 3rd inning against the San Diego Padres successful Boston connected April 5, 2026. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

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"Somebody conscionable told maine to termination myself," Duran said. "I’m utilized to it astatine this point, you know? I mean, s--- happens. I mean, I’m gonna flip idiosyncratic disconnected if they accidental thing to me, but it is what it is. I shouldn’t respond similar that, but that benignant of worldly is inactive benignant of triggering."

Duran, 29, opened up astir an effort to instrumentality his ain beingness during the Netflix docuseries, "The Clubhouse: A Year With the Red Sox," which followed the squad during the 2024 season. In 1 of the interviews, Duran said his struggles during the 2021 and 2022 seasons led to a acheronian clip successful his beingness and yet a failed termination attempt. 

Jarren Duran of the Boston Red Sox looks connected during the crippled against the Cincinnati Reds astatine Great American Ball Park successful Cincinnati, Ohio, connected March 26, 2026. (Jeffrey Dean/MLB Photos)

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"To this day, I deliberation God conscionable didn’t fto maine instrumentality my ain beingness due to the fact that I earnestly don’t cognize wherefore [the gun] didn’t spell off. I took it arsenic a motion of, ‘I mightiness person to beryllium present for a reason,’ truthful that’s erstwhile I started to look astatine myself successful the reflector aft the weapon didn’t spell off," helium said successful the documentary, which was released past year. 

Duran said Tuesday that speaking openly astir his struggles has encouraged the "haters" to berate him.

"Honestly, it’s my responsibility for talking astir my intelligence wellness due to the fact that I benignant of brought successful the haters. So I've conscionable got to get utilized to it," helium said. "I was conscionable trying to clasp it successful and not truly bring that up to the team. I mean, we’re trying to triumph a game. I shouldn’t adjacent bring that up to anybody. ... It conscionable happens."

Manager Alex Cora #13 of the Boston Red Sox reacts with Jarren Duran #16 of the Boston Red Sox arsenic helium is presented with the Heart & Hustle Award earlier a crippled against the Houston Astros connected August 11, 2024 astatine Fenway Park successful Boston, Massachusetts. (Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)

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Boston manager Alex Cora said helium didn't witnesser the incident.

Fox News Digital’s Scott Thompson and The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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