Texts red sox news8/16/2023 ![]() It feels safe to say the forthcoming musical chairs/free agency stare down between the Mets and Dodgers will end with Devers landing with one club and Shohei Ohtani joining the other. On the state of the Red Sox: - Joon Lee DecemCan Los Angeles Dodgers trade for Rafael Devers - or sign him outright next offseason? The decision to let Bogaerts walk have prompted questions about whether the ownership group is committed to winning ![]() ![]() Sources claim the two parties are “galaxies apart” in their recent negotiations.Ĭould the Dodgers step in as the white knight yet again, nearly three years after taking on David Price's salary to acquire Mookie Betts? Or can they add a 26-year-old superstar in Devers when he reaches free agency, as he's currently promising?Ĭhaim Bloom has been re-living the Xander Bogaerts negotiations in his head On the contrary, though, ESPN's Joon Lee indicated in a piece published Monday that Bogaerts leaving might not have shocked the franchise's system enough to change their future with Devers.įilled with nuggets undermining Sox leader Chaim Bloom's killer instinct, claiming he spends too much time processing variables to be proactive enough in free agency or the trade market, Lee's piece feels devastating for Devers' long-term chances of staying in Boston.Īccording to the text, Devers' representatives are planning for the player to reach free agency, based on the current state of his contract talks with Boston. Less than two weeks after the Red Sox lost Xander Bogaerts as a result of self-inflicted wounds (and strengthened the Dodgers' rival San Diego Padres in the process), focus is already turning to Boston's next homegrown challenge: retaining Rafael Devers.Ĭonventional wisdom suggests the Red Sox, a revenue monster situated in one of the most ravenous baseball markets in the country, can't possibly lose their third consecutive star (following Bogaerts and Mookie Betts) based on money alone. ![]()
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