Ex-Mets GM rips into Red Sox ownership for 'disastrous' trade of Rafael Devers 

On Sunday, the Boston Red Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants, much to the shock of fans and experts alike. Only about a year and a half into his 10-year, $313.5 million contract, and one of the team's most productive hitters this season, most would have had Devers' name down as a player that the Red Sox would have planned to build their team around.

However, the Dominican is now set to enjoy the prime years of his career elsewhere.

According to former New York Mets general manager Jim Duquette, the way the Red Sox ownership and front office have gone about the whole process has been "an absolute disaster."

"This is an absolute disaster, absolute disaster [for the Red Sox]," Duquette said via MLB Network Radio on Monday. "They butchered this from day one. How to screw up a Raffy Devers long term deal in 90 days, that's the title of the next documentary that they'll have on Netflix. It's a shame, really. They didn't get an awful lot in return [from the Giants].

"Could they have gotten more? We will never know, they didn't make him available to everybody else. It's negligence at it's worst [from the front office], when you don't make him available to other teams, to see what you can get back in return, or atleast go back to the Giants and say 'listen, I have this offer' and up the ante."

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Mookie Betts offers his two cents on Rafael Devers' trade

With the Red Sox shockingly parting ways with Rafael Devers on Sunday, Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Mookie Betts offered his two cents on the situation.

"Oh man, I was the same as everyone else — you know, shocked and stunned," Betts said (1:24 onwards) via ESPN. "But I know anybody that can get [Rafael Devers] — that’s going to make their ballclub a lot better. I mean, it’s kind of: we’re us, they’re them.

"For me, I don’t have to face them, so I’m not really too worried about it. You know, it’s going to be what it’s going to be. But I know for our pitchers, I’m sure it definitely helps their ballclub. Like I said, any team — and everybody knows what he does. So I think he’ll make this AL — or, I’m sorry — NL more interesting."

Mookie Betts also found himself in exactly Rafael Devers' position back in 2020, when he was traded by the Red Sox to the Dodgers a year before he entered free agency, despite being a firm fan favorite at Fenway Park himself. The trade is arguably described as one of the biggest blunders made by the organization.