Jun 16, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Another shocking Red Sox trade

Mike Allen

Rafael Devers #11 of the Boston Red Sox bats in the fifth inning during the game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Sunday, June 15, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Paul Rutherford/MLB Photos via Getty Images) — Rafael Devers of the Boston Red Sox bats against the Yankees at Fenway Park yesterday, just hours before being traded. Photo: Paul Rutherford/MLB Photos via Getty Images

Red Sox fans are furious after the team traded away star player Rafael Devers last night — the second time in the past five years the franchise has traded a star player for what seems like an insufficient return.

"I'm shocked. This is a terrible trade. Rafael is their star player and it's going to ruin the Sox," one fan told Boston's CBS affiliate, WBZ. "I honestly think they're just doing it for the money."
Devers is a three-time All-Star.

🧢 The trade reminded many Sox fans of the team's decision to trade another star, future Hall of Famer Mookie Betts, in 2020.

"I just thought it was crazy," Betts himself said of the Devers trade, per The Athletic.

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