Red Sox Brass Defend Rafael Devers Deal

[RealGM Wiretap]

Top Boston Red Sox officials said the team traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday because they could not find \"alignment\" with their star slugger, whose relationship with the organization degraded after he declined a request by the team to switch positions for the second time this season.

In a 40-minute media availability Monday night, Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow defended the decision to trade the 28-year-old Devers, a three-time All-Star in the second season of a 10-year, $313.5 million contract. The deal, which came after a sweep of the rival New York Yankees extended Boston\'s winning streak to five games, roiled Red Sox fans still embittered by Boston trading future Hall of Famer Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020.

Via ESPN.com

[TheCage4]

Idk if Betts would of re-signed in Boston, so moving him, although regrettable, may have been for the best. Bogaerts has been miserable for the Padres, and Devers is a man without a position for all that money.

I'm not a Red Sox fan, but it doesn't seem like bad moves when you look at the whole picture.

[boston_fan_ct]

First the Sox sign a guy to replace you and tell you not to worry. Next they take your position away and move you to DH. Then, they ask you to play another position. How would you feel? Devers probably looked at how they did the same with Xander signing his replacement in story while he was still there. They can defend it all they want which of course they will but they did cause the situation. I don't think they will be able to acquire a hitter as good not many guys as talented and able to produce in the clutch.