Some miscellaneous thoughts on the trade that sent Rafael Devers from the Red Sox to the San Francisco Giants:
- Many Boston fans are calling this a salary dump and that the Red Sox owner is just a cheapskate who doesn't care about winning any more. The sad part is if John Henry ever sells the Red Sox - he'll make billions doing it.
- In Rafael Devers defense - who knows what the Red Sox front office or ownership promised him before he signed that big 10-year contract. He could quite simply be pissed that they broke their word to him. Knowing how Boston has treated other players - I wouldn't doubt if this was the case.
- Dodgers' ace Clayton Kershaw on the Devers trade.
- Waiting for the Boston Globe's Bob Hohler to do a hit piece on Devers now. This has been John Henry's MO in the past.
- Reminder that not only did the Red Sox scapegoat and move on from players - they also scapegoated and moved on from Theo Epstein, Tito Francona, and after his team won the 2018 World Series GM Dave Dombrowski. The only common link is John Henry.
Who knows what they promised him? But we do know: they promised him ***$300 million*** , that's what. For that kind of money one would expect that he'd play wherever they told him to . . . but no, not Rafi. He's a quintessential prima donna. To be honest I'm not unhappy to see him go (unlike Mookie and Xander), but I wish they had gotten something other than scrubs in return.
ReplyDeleteQueue the Don Draper "that's what the money is for!" meme :)
ReplyDeleteSeriously - I'm in your boat in that I'd rather see Betts and Bogaerts instead of Story (no fault of his own) or Devers. Just sick of John Henry - he makes Ted Williams' son look likeable.