Red Sox could cut ties with Rafael Devers
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The Boston Red Sox could look to trade superstar infielder Rafael Devers in a blockbuster deal with the Washington Nationals.
Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox are marred in controversy over his unwillingness to play first base. The Atlanta Braves know a thing or two about this.
Devers won his third AL Player of the Week award during a time when his off-field comments are generating more headlines than his hot bat.
The Red Sox and the star infielder have been at odds all season thanks to a pair of requests for Devers to switch positions.
The Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers could come together on a league-altering trade revolving around Rafael Devers this season.
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It started with team owner (and Globe owner) John Henry showing up at Kauffman Stadium to have a meeting with Rafael Devers about his refusal to play first. The Sox responded as a team by taking two of three from the resurgent Royals as Devers, still the designated hitter, drove had seven hits and drove in six runs.
If Boston Red Sox star Rafael Devers was subjected to NBA-style Hot Take shows ft. Skip Bayless, it might sound something like this.
"But wouldn't it also make a lot of sense for Chaim Bloom — who was chief baseball officer when the Red Sox signed the extension with Devers, and in the process of succeeding John Mozeliak as the Cardinals' president of baseball operations — to do whatever it takes to get his man?" Miller says.