There’s one element of the Red Sox’ return for Devers that is already proving annoying. It’s the idea that a significant part of what the Sox got back for him was the financial freedom to improve the team.

Mookie Betts was just as stunned as Red Sox fans after hearing Rafael Devers had been traded by Boston to the San Francisco Giants.

The Boston Red Sox have traded away three tremendous All Star players since 2020, with very little to show for it in return.