Ex-Red Sox star calls team's Rafael Devers trade 'crazy'

A quick glance at the Boston Red Sox s roster from their World Series-winning crew may make the average baseball fan quizzical when compared to the squad Rafael Devers was their third baseman Mookie Betts played right field and Xander Bogaerts was the shortstop not to mention players like Andrew Benintendi Jackie Bradley Jr and J D Martinez also bolstered the lineup as the band defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMOn Sunday one of the last core pieces of the lineup was dealt The Red Sox traded Devers to the San Francisco Giants for Jordan Hicks Jose Bello James Tibbs III and Kyle Harrison a deal that stunned the baseball world Despite his philosophical differences with the Red Sox Devers was hitting with a OPS and home runs He was leading the American League in walks with and had played the the greater part games in the majors Betts who the Red Sox traded to the Dodgers offered his thoughts following the club s win over the Giants on Sunday I just thought it was crazy he explained The Athletic Nothing really to say it s just crazy SHOHEI OHTANI SET TO PITCH ST ENCOUNTER FOR DODGERS AGAINST THE PADRESDodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw also reacted to the business as he was notified during an ESPN segment about the wild move How about that pact That s wild he noted Buster s really doing it Not Olney Buster Posey s really doing it over there Good for Buster man He s going for it I d consider Devers one of maybe the top hitters in the battle at worst He s definitely a game-changer Nearly seven years later the Red Sox are operating with a wholly different roster than the one they had when they lifted the Commissioner's Trophy Boston will enter the week fresh off of a sweep of the New York Yankees and only games behind them for first place in the AL East Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter