Rafael Devers

[bk400]

https://bvmsports.com/2025/03/31/red...key-prospects/

Looks like Rafael Devers karma'ed himself with all that whining about Alex Bergman's arrival. And the trade, if true, comes after he struck out 12 times in four games to start the season.

[John1941]

There isn't a single other source for that trade. Based on SI,(https://www.si.com/mlb/red-sox/bosto...b-history-pat3 it seems that was just a wacky proposal a writer floated.

The Red Sox have signed Devers thru 2033. There's no way they're trading him that eagerly.

[D. Bergin]

I really hate that half the articles that pop up on my sports news feed are "proposed" trades, by sports "insiders" that have zero basis in reality.

Then the rest of the article is the writer (or AI) basically arguing with themselves on why it would be a smart/dumb trade for said team, if somebody actually follows through on it.

I thought it was pretty hilarious when there was an actual "huge trade" (Luca Doncic to the Lakers), there was literally zero warning from any of the industry "insiders".

[sbfinley]

I wouldn't state Devers "whined" about Bregman's arrival. He had one public statement spring in which he said he felt third base was his position and that he didn't want to DH and media ran with it. It would have been a moot point if Kristian Campbell didn't play his way into the opening day lineup during spring. I think Devers will be fine in the long run, he's still just 28 and his 162 averages speak for themselves.

As for the trade, I just can't see it happening. The Tigers are raving about the Torkelson's adjustment this year and the Red Sox already have Casas fairly planted at 1B.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Campbell didn't play his way into the lineup though, he had a terrible spring. IMO the team had Devers to DH as the plan all along.

And I agree - Tigers are not trading Tork right now the way he is playing, just to take on a huge contract

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I really hate that half the articles that pop up on my sports news feed are "proposed" trades, by sports "insiders" that have zero basis in reality.

Then the rest of the article is the writer (or AI) basically arguing with themselves on why it would be a smart/dumb trade for said team, if somebody actually follows through on it.

I thought it was pretty hilarious when there was an actual "huge trade" (Luca Doncic to the Lakers), there was literally zero warning from any of the industry "insiders".

About as useful as "Mock Drafts" in football. Why do I care what some idiot talking head predicts may happen? How is that even entertaining?

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

About as useful as "Mock Drafts" in football. Why do I care what some idiot talking head predicts may happen? How is that even entertaining?

Haha, I almost mentioned that in my little rant. Mock drafts are less then useless. It’s one thing when it’s maybe the week leading up to the draft, but they bombard us with them year round now.

[bk400]

Devers now has 15 strikeouts in 19 at-bats. Tony Gwynn had 15 strikeouts for the SEASON in 1995 (535 at-bats).

[sbfinley]

It’s been 6 days and his OPS is nearly .900 now, so… we may have been premature.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

It’s been 6 days and his OPS is nearly .900 now, so… we may have been premature.

4 for 4 tonight in a Red Sox rout. One bad week in a 26 week baseball season is usually not worth panicking over.

[GamblingMan]

I read that sporting news article. It was full of misspellings and not based in reality at all. The Sox just signed him for over 300 million dollars. There's not one team out there that would want to take him on unless the Sox floated at least 75% of that contract. There's no way in hell they could do that. Unfortunately writers today aren't real writers. The guy obviously had a deadline for an article and came up with total nonsense. He didn't even have time to use spellcheck before submitting it.