At this point, you can convince me that the Red Sox are all-time strategic clods or Machiavellian geniuses in how they handled the Rafael Devers situation.
Because if they came to the decision that they only made Devers the highest-paid player in franchise history under post-Mookie Betts duress and were horrified over how he would age and wanted out of the eight years at $243.5 million due him after this season, then their tactics make perfect sense.
If not, well …
Look, there was a moment in the past offseason when the Red Sox were positive they were trading with the Cardinals for Nolan Arenado or signing free agent Alex Bregman. At that point, the leadership of the organization had to get on a plane to meet with Devers and try to get him on board with the plan to move off third base.
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