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David Ortiz Knew Red Sox Rafael Devers Relationship Wasn T Going To

Bonisiwe Shabane
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David Ortiz has chimed in on the stunning Rafael Devers trade. The Red Sox legend spoke to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal on Monday, saying the Devers-Red Sox relationship “wasn’t going to end well.” “I played for the Red Sox a long time,” Ortiz said. “You think everything with me and the Red Sox was roses and flowers? I went through some tough times also. But I was mature enough to understand and keep things internal.

Even in the best families, between the best brothers, s–t happens. You need to have the maturity to resolve the problems and move on.” After Devers pushed back against becoming a designated hitter earlier in the season and then refused to play first base, Ortiz said, “I knew it wasn’t going to end well. There was too much going on, you know?” Sunday’s surprising trade between Boston and the Giants came after months of drama between the Red Sox and Devers, who had been a third baseman in the past. The Rafael Devers trade was the most explosive moment of the Boston Red Sox's 2025 season, and it could take many more years to digest.

Devers was meant to be the Red Sox's face of the franchise when he signed a 10-year, $313.5 million extension before the 2023 campaign. Just two and a half years later, he was playing for the San Francisco Giants against the Red Sox, clubbing a home run off former teammate Brayan Bello. A lot of people took the Devers trade hard, but Red Sox legend David Ortiz stands out among that group. Ortiz was vocal in the wake of the trade about his displeasure with the circumstances that led to the trade, particularly with how Devers handled things. If you like our content, choose Sports Illustrated as a preferred source on Google. Now that the dust has settled at the end of th season, Ortiz is still bothered by the fact that Devers isn't a Red Sox, but he wants it to be known that it's...

Send this article to your social connections. Send this article to your social connections. David Ortiz said he knew the situation between Rafael Devers and the Red Sox wasn’t going to end well. Devers, who began his career with playing third base for the Sox, initially bristled at the idea of switching to designated hitter. He made the switch and produced at the plate, but the Red Sox asked him to make another position switch to first base after Triston Casas went down with a season-ending injury. The Boston Red Sox shocked the world when they traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants midway through the 2025 campaign.

While the Sox ended up finding their way to the playoffs without Devers, it’s a move that has still left a mark on franchise legend David Ortiz. While this duo never played together in the majors, Ortiz served as a mentor of sorts for Devers during his rise in Boston’s farm system. In the eyes of many evaluators, Devers was the heir apparent to Ortiz for the Red Sox at designated hitter. Things didn’t end up working out that way, as months of tension eventually resulted in Devers getting sent west to San Francisco. When discussing the trade, Ortiz said that while he is rooting for Devers to succeed and is open to helping him out if needed in the future, he hasn’t talked to him since the... “No, we haven’t.

We haven’t talked,” Ortiz told Joey Copponi and Scott Neville on the “ITM Podcast” on Friday. “I’m always busy with my own thing. And he got to continue doing his job, which I congratulate him on because he finished the season really good. That’s the Raffy that we all know. If he ever needs advice from me or anything he needs from me, I’m open. He’s a good kid.

But like I say, business is business. As a player, you have to do what you’re told. Those were the issues at the moment, and that happens.” Hall of Famer David Ortiz works for the Boston Red Sox as a special assistant to the Fenway Sports Group. But he said his opinion of the Rafael Devers trade is informed more by his 14 years as a player with the Red Sox than his current role with the club. “I played for the Red Sox a long time,” Ortiz said Monday.

“You think everything with me and the Red Sox was roses and flowers? I went through some tough times also. But I was mature enough to understand and keep things internal. Even in the best families, between the best brothers, s— happens. You need to have the maturity to resolve the problems and move on.” Ortiz, 49, experienced occasional turbulence in his contract negotiations with the Red Sox.

Some of the squabbles went public, but he ultimately finished his career with the team. In 2017, one year after he retired, the Red Sox signed him to what they described as a “forever” contract, enabling him to play a variety of roles with the club. Devers, 28, did not resolve his problems with Boston’s front office. And on Sunday, the Red Sox made one of the most stunning baseball trades in recent memory, sending Devers to the San Francisco Giants for right-hander Jordan Hicks, left-hander Kyle Harrison, outfield prospect James... Ortiz, a colleague of mine at Fox Sports, does not consider the Red Sox blameless in the breakdown of their relationship with their best hitter, a homegrown slugger who was in the second year... But after Devers’ initial resistance to becoming a DH and subsequent refusal to play first base, Ortiz said, “I knew it wasn’t going to end well.

There was too much going on, you know?” The Boston Red Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants in a shocking move on Sunday night. The trade ends a long saga between Devers and the front office in Boston. When the Red Sox originally signed Alex Bregman, Devers pushed back, noting that he would keep playing third base. Eventually, he was made the everyday designated hitter. However, things took another turn when Devers was asked by chief baseball officer Craig Breslow to play first base in the wake of Triston Casas' season-ending knee injury.

"They told me that they didn't want to allow me to play any other position," Devers said in a rant to the media. "And now I think they should do their job essentially and hit the market and look for another player (to play first base). I'm not sure why they want me to be in between, the way they have me now." "Here in the clubhouse, thankfully, the relationship that I have with my teammates is great," Devers continued. "I don't understand some of the decisions that the GM makes. Next thing you know someone in the outfield gets hurt and they want me to play in the outfield.

I think I know the kind of player I am. And yeah, that's just where I stand." His public comments against Breslow were likely the tipping point in the relationship. While the organization is not completely free of fault, Red Sox legend David Ortiz called out Devers. One of the biggest storylines leading up to the MLB trade deadline was the fractured relationship between the Boston Red Sox organization and Rafael Devers. The situation was messy from start to finish, largely due to Devers feeling misled by the team.

“Devers, according to a person familiar with his thinking, felt 'lied to and betrayed' by the Red Sox. Cora, long one of Devers' chief supporters and advocates, supported his expulsion. Craig Breslow, the Red Sox's chief baseball officer whom Devers publicly badmouthed amid the hostility, played hatchet man,” MLB’s Jeff Passan wrote. As a result, Devers was ultimately traded before the deadline. He landed in the Bay Area, joining the San Francisco Giants. “The Red Sox had just pulled off a three-game sweep of the rival Yankees for their seventh win in the last eight games and were getting ready for a Sunday night West Coast trip...

Star slugger Rafael Devers, the lone remaining player from the team’s most recent World Series title squad of 2018, was dealt to the Giants for righty Jordan Hicks, lefty Kyle Harrison and a pair... 4 prospect at the time of the deal) and righty Jose Bello,” MLB.com’s Ian Browne wrote. During an interview on the ITM Podcast, David Ortiz shared his honest thoughts on the Devers trade. Who’s to blame for Rafael Devers’ tenure with the Boston Red Sox coming to a shockingly abrupt end? Hall of Famer David Ortiz reportedly said the fault falls on both the team and the player for the relationship fraying. On Monday, Ortiz spoke to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, who also works Big Papi at Fox Sports.

Ortiz told Rosenthal that is was “never going to end” well between Devers and the Red Sox. Ortiz admitted that it wasn’t always "roses and flowers" between him and Boston. However, he says he always worked to resolve those issues before they went public. In the case of Devers, Ortiz says that didn’t happen. The Hall of Famer stressed that Devers is a “good kid,” but noted that the Boston breakup was an issue of ego. “I think it would be easier, if they pay you that kind of money, to go, ‘(expletive) it, let’s do it,’” Ortiz said to Rosenthal.

“But players’ egos play a big role sometimes. I’ve seen it with so many players. Sammy Sosa. A-Rod, my friend. Manny Ramirez, you name it. And guess what?

At the end of the day … you know you did wrong. Once you mature, you understand.” David Ortiz, the MLB Hall of Famer and Boston Red Sox legend, made an unexpected statement about Rafael Devers following the third baseman’s trade to the San Francisco Giants. Ortiz, known for his leadership and mentorship, revealed that despite his attempts to offer advice to Devers, the star player rarely responded to his messages. This revelation came after Devers was moved from the Red Sox to the Giants, marking the end of his tenure in Boston. Ortiz’s comments have added fuel to the fire regarding the issues between Devers and the Red Sox organization.

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