{"id":27790,"date":"2025-02-22T01:50:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T01:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27790"},"modified":"2025-02-22T01:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T01:50:55","slug":"blockbuster-alert-red-sox-shocking-trade-sends-rafael-devers-to-nl-contender-for-2-all-stars-elite-prospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27790","title":{"rendered":"BLOCKBUSTER ALERT: Red Sox Shocking Trade Sends Rafael Devers to NL Contender for 2 All-Stars &#038; Elite Prospect!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rafael-Devers.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rafael-Devers.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rafael-Devers.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rafael-Devers.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-dom-ready-time=\"248\" data-img-load-time=\"261\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">BALTIMORE, MD &#8211; AUGUST 18: Rafael Devers #11 of the Boston Red Sox holds his special bat for players weekend in the sixth inning during a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on August 18, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Mitchell Layton\/Getty Images)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As Spring Training gets underway, the\u00a0Boston Red Sox\u00a0may have an unhappy camper in franchise cornerstone Rafael Devers.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Gold Glove third baseman Alex Bregman signing with the club, the 28-year-old Devers recently\u00a0made it clear\u00a0that he wasn\u2019t planning on being relegated to designated hitter duties and the hot corner was his place to stay. Manager Alex Cora has said all winter that Devers is, indeed,\u00a0still the team\u2019s starter\u00a0at third base, meaning that Bregman would likely shift to second base.<\/p>\n<p>The new acquisition, for what it\u2019s worth, has said that he\u2019ll play wherever the team wants him to.<\/p>\n<p>With rumblings of Devers\u2019 discontent surrounding Red Sox camp,\u00a0Bleacher Report\u2019s Zachary D. Rymer\u00a0pitched eight \u201cwild\u201d trade ideas that would send the 2018 World Series champion packing.<\/p>\n<p>Rymer did note that at this point, a Devers trade is \u201cprobably overly dramatic,\u201d though Boston is \u201cto blame for the existence of this notion.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>How Phillies, Red Sox Lineups Would Look After Unrealistic Trade<\/h2>\n<p>With the three-time All-Star and two-time Silver Slugger Award winner having signed the richest contract in franchise history ahead of the 2023 campaign (11 years, $331 million), any Devers trade is made even that much more unrealistic. Crazier things have happened, however.<\/p>\n<p>One of the more intriguing ideas proposed by Rymer involves the\u00a0Philadelphia Phillies:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phillies receive:<\/strong>\u00a0Rafael Devers (3B)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Red Sox receive:<\/strong> Alec Bohm (3B), Nick Castellanos (RF), Aidan Miller (SS)<\/p>\n<p>Miller has yet to make his big-league debut, after being selected by Philadelphia with the 27th overall pick during the 2023 MLB June Amateur Draft. Miller is the Phillies\u2019\u00a0No. 3 prospect\u00a0\u2014 per Bleacher Report\u2019s Joel Reuter \u2014 reached Double-A late in the 2024 campaign and\u00a0recently said\u00a0he wants to make it to \u201cThe Show\u201d \u201cas fast as (he) can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bohm is entering his sixth MLB season (all with Philadelphia), after the organization picked him third overall in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 NL Rookie of the Year runner-up regressed in 2021 before bouncing back with career highs in runs scored (79) and hits (164) in 2022. Bohm then posted career bests in home runs (20) and RBI (97) in 2023 and had arguably his best year to date in 2024, making his first All-Star team.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old finished last season with 15 home runs and by matching his high mark of 97 RBI, while recording career highs in doubles (44) and total bases (248) and producing a .280\/.332\/.448 slash line across 554 at-bats in 143 games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo the Phillies need a third baseman? Well, no,\u201d Rymer wrote. \u201cHowever, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski\u00a0loves his stars\u00a0and it\u2019s not as if Bohm is indispensable. Indeed,\u00a0Matt Gelb of The Athletic reported on February 13 that the 28-year-old\u2019s attitude caused \u2018frustration\u2019 last season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Castellanos will turn 33 in early March, but the 2010 first-round pick has had some of his best seasons this decade, making his only two All-Star teams in 2021 and 2023. Castellanos has been durable throughout his career with the Detroit Tigers (2013-19), Chicago Cubs (2019), Cincinnati Reds (2020-21) and Phillies (2022-present) as well, suiting up in at least 110 games every season (excluding the pandemic-altered 2020 campaign) and 136 contests or more each year other than 2020 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p>After hitting 29 home runs and setting career highs in RBI (106) and stolen bases (11) in 2023, he registered 23 home runs, 86 RBI and a .254\/.311\/.431 triple slash over 606 at-bats last year while playing all 162 regular season games.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his deficiencies at third, this potential blockbuster would likely see Devers take over Bohm\u2019s spot at the hot corner in the City of Brotherly Love, while Boston would then have a choice between Bohm and Bregman to man the left side of the diamond with shortstop Trevor Story. Bohm, notably, has played 119 career games at first base, though the Red Sox currently have 25-year-old slugger Triston Casas filling that role.<\/p>\n<p>With 2024 Gold Glove Award winner Wilyer Abreu manning right field in Boston, Castellanos would create a logjam and perhaps spell Masataka Yoshida, who\u2019s projected to be the team\u2019s primary designated hitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCastellanos is a frustrating hitter, but the Red Sox would stand to at least get good power out of him as a primary DH and occasional right fielder,\u201d Rymer said.<\/p>\n<h2>Other Devers Trade Ideas Proposed by Rymer<\/h2>\n<p>Among the other most interesting proposals listed by the Bleacher Report scribe include possible blockbusters with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels and Toronto Blue Jays.<\/p>\n<p>Rymer noted that, despite how out there his pitches were, they all \u201cpassed muster with\u00a0Baseball Trade Values\u2018 trade simulator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In one idea, the Red Sox would send Devers to the World Series-champion Dodgers in exchange for two-time All-Star third baseman Max Muncy, one-time All-Star utilityman Chris Taylor, starting pitcher Bobby Miller and shortstop Alex Freeland (Los Angeles\u2019 No. 4 prospect, per Reuter). Imagine Devers and shortstop Mookie Betts reunited, covering the left side of the Dodgers infield. It would be yet another depressing scene for Red Sox Nation.<\/p>\n<p>Another jaw-dropper from Rymer ships \u201cRaffy\u201d to the other team in the City of Angels, with Boston landing three-time AL MVP outfielder Mike Trout, rookie starting pitcher Samuel Aldegheri and \u201c$100 million cash.\u201d That\u2019s right, this whopper would give the Red Sox an 11-time All-Star and all-time great in Trout, a highly-touted prospect arm and \u201c$100 million cash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The final proposed deal in the post would see Devers head north of the border in a one-for-one move for four-time All-Star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/p>\n<p>The Toronto star has been in the news this week after revealing that he and the Blue Jays were unable to agree to a contract extension, meaning that he\u2019ll be a free agent next winter.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox, New York Mets and New York Yankees have been named as three \u201cearly favorites\u201d to sign Guerrero Jr. following the 2025 campaign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty BALTIMORE, MD &#8211; AUGUST 18: Rafael Devers #11 of the Boston Red Sox holds his special bat for players weekend in the sixth inning during a&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BLOCKBUSTER ALERT: Red Sox Shocking Trade Sends Rafael Devers to NL Contender for 2 All-Stars &amp; Elite Prospect! 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