Rafael Devers Trade could lead to “more wins”, Red Sox Exec’s claim

Boston Red Sox It seemed like cleaning up the New York Yankees over the weekend turned the season around – and they swapped franchise players.

Shortly after the Sox completed a three-game beatdown for the bombers, they sent homer Rafael Devels via Green Monster on Sunday. San Francisco Giants.

After Sox signed three-base Alex Bregman, writing was on the wall for a while, and eventually Devers refused to play one base. Devers was only designated batters throughout the season.

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“I think it’s clear that in the end we couldn’t find any consistency with Raffy,” Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy told reporters Monday. Via MLB.com. “We all worked on it over the past few months and went back to the offseason, with (manager) Alex Cora, (chief baseball officer) Craig (Brewslow) and the staff, and even me, and (owner) John Henry.

“We worked with it. We had a different vision from what he was moving forward. We couldn’t get there. We couldn’t find an alignment, we reached that inflection point and decided to make a big move.”

13 MLB season pitcher Breslow lost Breslow, the much better bat, but said the move “never shows the white flag swing in 2025.”

In fact, Breslow actually believes the deal will be a better product in the near future. “At the end of the season, we look back and think there’s a real chance that we’ve won more games than we do in the rest of the way.”

Because of its value, the Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners 2-0 on Monday night.

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Devers was the last man still standing in Boston for the 2018 World Series champion, Sox, but now San Francisco’s responsibility is all the $250 million remaining in his deal. Breslow argued that the transaction was not an attempt to cut wages. Mookie Betts, Those who won two World Series in Los Angeles, or Chris Sale, won the NL Cy Young Award in their first season with the Braves.

But with a lot of cash available and the right team in postseason races, Breslow said the front office will continue to look for ways to improve the team.

“For some reason, this team is an example of how the whole thing isn’t bigger than the total parts,” he said. “And I believe that these are principles that we need to be faithful as we are great teammates, sacrificing and stepping up for each other and embodying this shared vision.

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“So, at the end of the season, we can look back and say we have won more games than we have elsewhere.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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