Nobody with the Boston Red Sox is taking a recent Instagram post by David Ortiz seriously.

After the club traded for Chris Sale on Tuesday, Ortiz posted a picture of the pitcher on the social media site with the caption, "My god. My boy sale to Btown? You guys got me thinking?"

"I know David well enough, and I know that if he really had sincere interest, that he would call," Dave Dombrowski said. "It's just like when I walked into the [Fenway Park] clubhouse [last month] and he's working out and I say, 'Hey, you could play now in the shape you're in,' and he says, 'Oh, no, no, no.'"

Ortiz filed his retirement paperwork in November, so he would be required to remain on the "voluntary retired list" for the first 60 days of next season.