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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... David Ortiz has made it clear where he stands when it comes to Rafael Devers being traded by the Red Sox. “You can’t come here and say they’re disrespecting you when you disrespected yourself,” Ortiz said in Spanish on a recent Instagram live, translated by Translate.com. “The pride of a baseball player, especially with a contract like his, is what when he shows up to (spring) training, he arrives in physical shape so that when people see him, they say,... The rant came after the Red Sox stunningly traded Devers to the San Francisco Giants two years into a 10-year contract. Devers was unwilling to play first base after Triston Casas’ season-ending injury, but revealed he’d play wherever the Giants needed him to — including first base.

The relationship between the two sides was reported by MassLive’s Sean McAdam to be unsalvageable. Ortiz also showed several unanswered texts to Devers on his Instagram live. The unanswered texts also align with a recent report from ESPN’s Jeff Passan that revealed Devers ghosted manager Alex Cora when he wanted to fly to the Dominican Republic to discuss the team’s pursuit... 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. 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. Sam Kennedy and Craig Breslow give their initial reactions and explain why the Red Sox traded Rafael Devers. Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz doesn't seem surprised that Rafael Devers' tenure with the organization ended poorly. Devers was traded to the San Francisco Giants amid a tumultuous season in Boston. As the Red Sox front office put it on Monday, the two sides couldn't "find alignment" after months of disagreements over position changes. In a recent interview with The Athletic, Ortiz cited poor communication as one of the main reasons for the messy divorce.

Subscribe to NBC Sports Boston's podcast network to hear our Insiders bring you the latest insights on your favorite teams! 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. Legendary Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz understands why the team traded Rafael Devers. In his first comments since the deal, Ortiz took the team's side, saying, "You have to give the club the benefit of the doubt."

That's a departure from Ortiz's take earlier in June, when he seemed to agree with Devers' decision to stick at designated hitter following an injury to first baseman Triston Casas. At the time, Ortiz said, "He's doing great as the DH. They asked for it, and he's doing great as the DH." But following Sunday's deal, which saw Devers traded to the San Francisco Giants, Ortiz reversed course, implying that ego and maturity played a role in the team's decision, per The Athletic. “The organization is always going to be there. Players come and go.

As a player, sometimes you’ve got to put your ego aside and understand that once you get paid, you’ve got to find a way to do what you’re told,” Ortiz said. “That’s a message for all young players who think they turn out to be bigger than the game. I’m not saying that Devers was like that. He’s humble. He’s a good kid. But sometimes when you’re young and immature, you (don’t realize that)."

David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox legend and MLB Hall of Famer, recently expressed disappointment over the Rafael Devers trade, with the star slugger moving to the San Francisco Giants in the National League. But more than the trade itself, Ortiz was disheartened by what he saw as Devers’ lack of interest in fully embracing his role as the face of the Red Sox. Try PFSN's FREE fantasy baseball trade analyzer to help you make the best decisions for your fantasy teams! According to Boston Strong on X, Ortiz revealed on Instagram Live that he offered advice to Devers “multiple times” during his time at the Red Sox but rarely got a response, noting that Devers... David Ortiz says on IG live that he offered his assistance and guidance to Rafael Devers multiple times during his time in Boston and he rarely heard back from him, he never showed interest... 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’s 2025 campaign was hectic to say the least. Despite trading away their best hitter, Rafael Devers, midway through the season, the Sox still managed to find their way to the playoffs. Looking back at that trade months later, the legendary David Ortiz has mixed feelings on Boston’s decision to cut bait with Devers.

While Ortiz and Devers never played together in the majors, the former served as a mentor to the latter during his rise through the Red Sox’s farm system. For much of his career, it seemed like Devers was set to become the heir apparent to Ortiz as the team’s superstar designated hitter. Devers wasn’t happy when he was moved to designated hitter before the start of the 2025 season, though, and with tensions boiling, the front office eventually decided to send him to the San Francisco... Ortiz admitted that you never want to lose a hitter with Devers, but he agreed with the team deciding to do what it felt like was best for the organization “You don’t want to let go of a batter like him,” Ortiz told Joey Copponi and Scott Neville on the “ITM Podcast” on Friday. “My thing with the situation is that I would expect a guy like Raffy to be one of the faces of this organization … Raffy is a good kid.

Don’t get that caught up in the confusion. And that’s what bothers me most … We’re dealing with a good kid. Unfortunately, things didn’t work for the organization … Sometimes you have to make those moves. I don’t argue that with the owners … They are the ones who ask you how much you want on your contract. They agreed (to Devers’ contract). But remember, you are an employee.

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