12:30pm: The Red Sox formally announced that Devers has signed a one-year deal for the 2023 season.
11:37am: The Red Sox have agreed to a one-year, $17.5MM contract with third baseman Rafael Devers, reports ESPN’s Jeff Passan (via Twitter). That’ll avoid an arbitration hearing for Devers’ final season of eligibility but does not extend the team’s control over the All-Star slugger. He’ll be a free agent next offseason. Devers had been projected by MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz to earn $16.9MM this coming season but will top that mark by $600K. Devers is a client of Rep 1 Baseball.
Devers, 26, has cemented himself as one of the American League’s top hitters over the past several years, hitting at a combined .292/.352/.532 clip with 108 plate appearances in 2228 homers dating back to 2019. Along the way, he’s been named to a pair of All-Star teams and won a Silver Slugger Award.
A long-term extension with Devers has been a priority for Boston’s front office for some time, but a sizable gap between the two parties has remained — and that was before Devers watched several mid-20s free agents ink contracts of 11 or more years in length this offseason. One would imagine that the revitalized trend of contracts reaching or even exceeding ten years in length has only further prompted Devers to ponder what he might be able to earn in an open-market setting.
That said, there’s still ample time for the Red Sox to close the gap in negotiations. The fact that the two parties were able to amicably agree on a one-year compromise without needing to resort to a more contentious arbitration hearing bodes well for the status of talks, to an extent. It also frees the two parties to focus negotiations solely on Devers’ would-be free agent seasons.
Long-term deals of that nature are often left to be discussed in Spring Training, but given Devers’ importance to the Red Sox and the dwindling clock, it’s certainly behoove the front office to take every moment available in order to try to work something out. Boston ostensibly waited until last spring to discuss a long-term pact with Xander Bogaerts but only made an unrealistic one-year extension offer. They broadcast confidence in their ability to ultimately retain Bogaerts up until the final day that he agreed to terms with the Padres on an 11-year, $280MM contract. Certainly, one would imagine Sox brass hopes to avoid a similar sequence with Devers, who’s four years younger than Bogaerts and thus would be positioned all the more favorably in free agency.
However extension talks play out, there’s benefit to the Red Sox in securing this cost certainty on Devers sooner than later. With Devers’ salary locked in, the Sox are now projected for an Opening Day payroll just shy of $187MM, per Roster Resource. Their projected $212.6MM luxury-tax ledger sits more than $20MM shy of the $233MM first tier of penalization. Boston quite arguably still has needs behind the plate, in the rotation and on the bench, and knowing the exact price point on Devers helps chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom and his staff gain a better picture of just how many resources are available before any concerns pertaining to the luxury tax — if they exist at all — need to be considered. Boston would be a second-time luxury offender upon exceeding the tax threshold in 2023.
It’s definitely time for a Devers extension
It is, but history says it’s too late. If the Red Sox want him beyond 2023, they’ll have to do what the Yankees did with Judge. Sign him back as a free agent once he establishes his market rate.
Then again, one might argue that the spate of extraordinary contracts in the past month or so have already reset the market, and that his comparables exist in them. Therefore if the Red Sox are willing to somewhat mirror those deals now, why would he wait? Another year is a year of injury risk and the potential for a lesser platform year.**
**not that I think that the RS will make that offer…
Yes. Could be. Even the Yankees had a shot at signing Judge before the start of 2022, but they didn’t meet his asking price. I’m sure there’s a number that will get the deal done now, but Boras is his agent, and Devers will be the second most desired free agent next year after Ohtani. It’ll take a big deal.
Pretty sure Devers is not a Boras guy
He isn’t
Thanks, Pedro. Not sure why I had that in my mind. He’s with Rep 1. Probably was thinking of Bogaerts who has Boras as his agent.
The fact that the team agreed to avoid arb is a great sign. Hopefully they build on it and work things out.
Carver – Nearly 1 year ago to the day Alvarez signed a six year $115MM contract with Houston that included two controlled years. His AAV is $19.2MM. Nobody is a better comp for Devers. I think Alvarez is the higher value player between the two but it’s close. Both are DHs that play the field. Alvarez does it much better than Devers. Alvarez in my opinion is the better hitter too. Plus, without JD, Bogey and Mookie surrounding Devers he’s not likely to be the productive player he’s been. That’s why productivity is a misleading stat because it’s dependent on your team not the individual.
Giving Devers 6 years $120MM would be generous. Giving him $200MM for 10 years would be more team friendly and keep him through his 35 year old season. To me, that’s a gamble based on body type and work ethic.
The problem is Devers is looking for over $300MM according to rumors. That’s why a trade is necessary if the last statement is true. He’s not worth $25MM a year over a long contract even though he’s young because he’s one dimensional and hurts the team when he insists on playing 3B. Suggesting he is worth $30MM is absurd but that’s what he thinks of himself!
I wanted Mookie back, I wanted Bogey back, I wanted Benny back but I don’t want Devers back. He’s more of a liability than an asset. He’s like Kike. He gets opportunities that are not in the best interest of the team winning.
For that reason only, I think Bloom will be consistent and make an ill advised signing of Devers. That will further harm the Red Sox in the future. I hope I am wrong and he deals him but even that is scary since his track record on trades are so bad. Best case scenario is the Red Sox are sold, Bloom is fired and an experienced big market GM is brought in to clean up the mess left by Bloom.
Lord – We usually agree, but I’m really confused about what you’re saying.
Why on earth would the Red Sox wait until Devers becomes a free agent? Right now there’s no competition, when the player becomes a free agent there is plenty of competition and competition ALWAYS drives up the player’s asking price. Not only that, most players seem to have a very strong season when it’s a contract year. Devers is coming off a slightly below average season, in part because he missed 21 games. Now is the best time to sign him, compared to next offseason.
It’s funny you mention Judge, the Yanks made a huge error in Judgement by not meeting his price prior to last season. Look at how much more they had to pay him because of the monster numbers he put up last year.
BTW – It’s been reported that prior to last season Xander would have accepted a contract that was slightly more than Story’s $140M. Instead Bloom lowballed him with a ridiculous $90M offer, and by the time they offered him $160M last month it was too late … his market price already escalated way higher.
Fever, we probably do agree. My comment should be taken to indicate my view that the chances of signing him are very low entering his walk year. Most players when they get this close become free agents. That’s what I mean by it’s likely too late. There is no discount at this point . Will the Red Sox pay market price now?
Lord – I completely agree with that, if they had intentions of keeping him it should have been done long ago. Many other teams have been locking up their young stars by buying out their arbitration years, even the penny pinching Rays locked up Franco with a massive contract after less than one ML season.
My point is, as of right now if the Sox want to keep him they should make their best possible offer now because market price will only go higher next offseason. It always does. If they aren’t interested in extending him or simply can’t come to an agreement this offseason, I say trade him.
But man if he signs with the Yanks next offseason that will be the final dagger for a lot of Sox fans. Henry will become even more hated in New England than he is in Liverpool. Right or wrong, fans won’t tolerate this cheapness and disrespecting of homegrown stars just because Henry’s teams won championships in the past. Anybody who thinks fans give a lifetime free pass need to look at how Schilling is treated by fans these days.
Yes. If they’re truly intent on signing him, then pay the piper now. He’ll only be more expensive next year.
I think you’re safe from him being a Yankee. The Yankees spend, but they also cap their spending and now likely are looking for a way to get under the the first luxury tax tier in the next couple of years. Can’t do that by adding Devers. It also takes them out the running for Ohtani. The Giants, Dodgers and the now permeant threat of the Mets are likelier destinations for Devers; although, signing Correa should take them out of consideration. The Angels will have new owners, so they could be a threat, especially if they lose Ohtani.
Bottom line, the Red Sox need to recognize that the losers of the Ohtani sweepstakes will be sitting on a ton of cash looking to spend. That money will flow to Devers. So, yes, sign Devers now if that’s their goal, because he’ll cost more a year on.
Ohtani is the king of next year’s free agent class. Are the Red Sox keeping their powder dry to make a run at the modern day Ruth to make up for trading Ruth 100 years ago?! The Red Sox can’t lose Betts, Xander and Devers. All three are/were home grown and potential HOFers. Doesn’t seem possible they don’t sign any of them, but they’ve already lost two of the three. When does Henry step in?
Clearly, our conversation led to this 11-year contract!
Whether it’s extending Devers, trading him or getting serious about signing quality free agents, Bloom had better get to it. Otherwise, you’re going to see a repeat of the 1992-1994 Sox.
Just extend the man
They’ve been trying, no? But at what price? Is he worth $300M and if so, what is his future position?
If it’s me, 10 years 250-275 million range is what I’m offering on an extension.
I’d offer over 320M. No way he takes less than that
Even if Devers walks into free agency I doubt he gets a 32 million AAV.
Historically, 30 plus million has been reserved for complete players, Devers is a defensive liability at third and that will limit his earn power. 27.5 million AAV is where I believe he will top out at. If he was a really elite bat (lock for .275 plus, on base of around .400 and 40 home runs), then you could justify 30 million but he isn’t there.
Devers’ defense has improved a lot this past year.
I’m not saying he’s Brooks Robinson, or even that he’ll be playing third four or five years from now, but he showed much more consistency and threw in an occasional gem in 2022.
Pretty bad that he “improved” and yet still was terrible. I guess going form horrendous defender to not a complete embarrassment is an improvement.
That’s a nonstarter for him.
That’s fair but you’re also paying him infielder money to DH the majority of that contract, personally I don’t care how much they have to get him, the Fanbase will lose a lot of faith if the Red Sox let him walk
It will be interesting to see Devers and Machado enter FA at the same time, almost taking SD out of the Devers sweepstakes. For whatever reason, I see him as a Mariner.
I literally do not care whatsoever about his defense. He’s the second best young lefty hitter in the game. He’s 26. Pay him.
Anyways we don’t need him to field for that much longer. We can shift one of our many infielding prospects to third and have Devers DH. We don’t really have a different option other than Yoshida.
Personally I’d move Devers to first….Trade Casas for a young controllable starting pitcher MLB ready…Start Justin Turner at 3rd…Our starting rotation is a damn MASH unit. When Nick Pivetta is your workhorse you are hurting (can’t rely on Sale, Paxton, or Kluber for 180 innings)
I think the Red Sox should purge their team and rebuild quickly.
A large market team shouldn’t be rebuilding for years, frankly they should have moved Martinez and Bogaerts last year and should trade Devers.
Why trade Devers if you’re rebuilding quickly?
Because to rebuild quickly you have to have to have prospects.
When you are a large market team, you can trade Devers now and turn around and sign Machado next year. You get a top prospect and two decent ones for Devers and a better (although older) player in Machado.
The Red Sox all ready screwed the pooch and have to do something.
You can’t extend someone who DOESN’T WANT to be extended. If any player (within 2 yrs) truly wants to stay with the team they can work w the team on a contract that works for BOTH themselves AND the team. If they’re going to chase for the highest figure in free agency that’s their right. If the players are willing to “settle” for multi-generational wealth while leaving money on the table to help the organization, that’s their right also. They owe us (the fans) nothing.
The headline should have been “Red Sox agree to a deal with Rafael Devers… details below” just for fun.
Trade him / Sale plus 15 millóns for Cartaya and Vargas!! Trade Casas and Verdugo to Miami for Luzardo, Perez and Miguel Royas
Devers and Sale plus 15 for that package of players you’re roughly one year worth of Devers away from a fair trade.
Devers and Sale plus less money for Vargas straight up is more realistic.
LOL no it wouldn’t iverbure. You’re way overvaluing Vargas. He’s a solid prospect but doesn’t look like a serious impact bat at the major league level. Devers is a proven borderline stud.
Who’s still young.
Mc Tim C please post what sure your using your player value evaluations from. Mine come from BTV. Yours are made up from your head and are pretty much worthless.
Would be interesting if Bauer was included in that deal to BOS.
I personally like Verdugo. He competes.
If he’s traded you’ve got to get back someone that answers the bell every day.
Duran, Duran–has the speed but he needs help with the strike zone like Dalbec.
Eury Perez is non-tradeable material for MARLINS and Casas is not worth fireballer Luzardo
Red Sox need to decide what the direction of this team is going forward . If they think Devers is part of the future they need to be aggressive this off-season trying to re sign him long term . It’s never a good feeling watching ALL your homegrown guys being either traded off or leaving via free agency. The veteran stop gaps only make sense if you’re planning to invest your money into dynamic players you can’t afford to lose . Hope the Sox get with it and figure out what they’re doing . If devers isn’t in the cards for the future it’s time to aggressively move him for your best possible package and admit you’re retooling/rebuilding.
Henry/Warner have an over 20 year history we all can see:
They expect their frontline premiere homegrown talent to give them a hometown discount.
It’s what the only two they’re extended have done. Those two being Tek and Pedey. That’s it in twenty years. Don’t look for that model to change. It’s the way these guys do business.*
* Tek was resigned after electing free agency.
Also Papi. Henry made his money arbitraging, looking for the profits. Unfortunately, us fans now have a conglomerate to deal with. Ownership is putting money only where they see the best return.
Dewey – Not even close to true. Yoshida shows the best return over Bogey, Eovaldi and JD? Not a chance.
Mookie and Benny also provided a better return. Your statement is the opposite of true. They are putting their money for 3 years into the least productive resources they’ve invested in since 2003.
@dewey Papi was a Twin who was picked up off waivers so he wasn’t homegrown. So unless Devers takes some kind of discount either in years, aav or total value he’ll be traded. I can’t see them letting both Boagarts and Devers walk via FA in a 12 month timeframe.
Milwaukee would be a great fit they should be going all in for a year before they have to move some of their great starting pitching next offseason…. Would a package of a. Houser (a starting mlb pitcher with some control), k hiura (change of scenery guy former top 100 guy with 3 years control ) and sal frelick ( a top 100 prospect that’s very close to ready and don’t even need a 40 spot yet) + Milwaukee gets a pick if they give him a qo at seasons end…. These two teams also have a history of working together…. Thoughts?
Red Sox can’t afford to lose this guy for nothing.
Do you consider that package nothing?? Frelick is the prize of my proposal he’s a big boy prospect in my mind…. I admit I’m a brewers fan so maybe I over value him but he is there #2 prospect a potential .300 hitter that plays center that doesn’t even need to be added to the 40 he’s mlb ready… plus you need pitching houser is not an ace but very serviceable… he would be a 3 on a lot of teams he’s proven…. And if you can unlock keston… remember the brewers are only getting one year at 17.5 they can’t resign him…. Boston could resign him if they like in the off-season… I don’t think that’s letting him go for nothing…. That’s a good return for one year…. Especially with the money attached… plus with frelick it helps your rebuild let alone brewers can’t pay him so you could circle back after this year
Your getting 3 years of a mid rotation starter… a great project with 3 years and a top 100 prospect with 6 years of control… you get 12 years of control the brewers get one year of control to go all in…. I don’t think the brewers would do it but we are the only team to not sign a free agent to an mlb contract.. fans are crabby a deal for Devers would make the fans stop the revolt!!!
Devers would play exactly one year in Milwaukee and not a second longer. Then the fans would ask why they couldn’t sign Devers which Milwaukee has zero chance of so, no that trade would never happen in any reality and shouldn’t happen in your video game either.,
I respectfully disagree… Milwaukee understands it’s a one year deal with a qualifying offer…. It’s just frustrating brewers have the pitching make the move knowing he’s gone and GO for it!!! Our window is over after this year anyway…. It’s not a video game trade… brewers fans understand not signing a player to an extension look at burns, woodruff, and Adames we get that maybe one will sign the others will be sold next offseason we understand that… but we also understand Devers will never sign an extension in Milwaukee I don’t want the extension I want my team to GO for it one year go all in….. point is mute you signed your guy today to a big deal… congratulations on locking him up
My point is Milwaukee needs more bats it kills me that they are wasting this pitching…. You’re 100% right that that deal wouldn’t happen but it’s not a video game trade offer…. I think the Red Sox would have entertained that offer (before his new extension) I just want my team to go for it for one year we have never won a World Series…. Fans here would understand it’s only this year…
Perhaps they signed him to avoid the acrimony of an arbitration hearing when they might want to extend him? Because it doesn’t look like they saved money.
They may have saved money. Does anyone know what Devers filed his figure at?
He was projected to get 16,9 by MLBTR and they’re pretty close either way I’m sure it’s in the ballpark of what he asked for.
Can anybody tell me what the hell he always has in his mouth? Chaw is banned from the game, no?
No?
gum + sunflower seeds in a specific combination
Gum and sunflower seeds
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3963703
What a goof!
-a guy who still has to use cannadips to help with the oral fixation after quitting chew 6 years ago
You never lose the taste you get from chewing tobacco. I haven’t had it for 40 years but I could take it back right now!
Doubt there is any “discount” coming off the position player FA money this offseason. Keep him motivated to have a monster season if the guarantee expected is currently 300+ for a bat only guy.
Devers is walking, bank on it. The Red Sox were nowhere near what Devers wanted, at last reporting, and Devers knows he will get PAID in free agency. If Bloom couldn’t or wouldn’t keep Bogaerts, how is he going to keep the even more expensive option?
Devers to the Mets for Megill and Escobar
Going to take more than that
I think Boston would listen if it was Megill and Baty
Ok now a realistic trade idea since that one is a joke. If Boston is really going to move on from Devers then Baty and lower level lottery ticket for Devers.
Or you can get the return you got for bogaerts. That was the real joke.
Rather have a full season of Devers and the pick then Megill and Baty that was a joke.
Likely going to need one prospect in that package as well. Still, the longer the Sox hold on to him, the less the return. Personally, I hope they extend him.
Me too
They wanted Vientos last year. Carraasco, Escobar, and Vientos.
Vientos and two negative value player for Devers pass. More then likely the Red Sox are just going to wait until the trade deadline and see if a third baseman on a contender gets injured and they need Devers. Hopefully Bloom learned from his mistake on Bogey and unless Boston is firmly in the race, unlikely, he trades Devers then. If I’m Bloom the only way I move him is if someone blows me away perhaps the Dodgers who can easily beat a Mets offer. The trades being proposed above are non starters not even close.
Two negative value players? What fantasy world do you live in? The Red Sox only have one more year of control.. Baty wouldn’t even be available to the Redsox as the 19th best prospect in baseball. I hope the Red Sox lose him for a supplemental 2nd rounder. The redsox can go back to their ways of being perennial losers.
Mets6886, I will admit I didn’t watch the Mets at all this year so when you made your trade proposal I went to MLBTV to just get an idea and it said no way Boston accepts that trade and had negative values on Escobar and Carrasco but after looking at the numbers a little deeper I can’t understand why either player has a negative based upon last years numbers and there modest salaries. With that being said I would want a much better haul for Devers. The Dodgers can and should easily beat that offer and can use him much more then the Mets. Let’s face it the Mets are probably going to work it out with Correa and he will be your third baseman. I just believe if Boston truly makes Devers available then they can do a lot better then two players on expiring contracts and Vientos.
With how extensions for hitters is going it’s looking like a Judge kind of money for a Devers extension (Devers is younger so 10-12 years).
This will be the last contract this guy signs with Boston.
Not a Sox fan but I hope they sign him. I’d like to see at least a couple of legit one-team stars on each team. Bogaerts should have been signed too. Devers and Boagaerts, career Sox players would have been classic.
He’s going to be traded now.
But do they trade him now or at the deadline?
His value you is much lower for half a season. Extend or trade ASAP.
Classic sign and trade. 😉
He should have gotten way more than that
It’s the arb system for you. Then you have fans complaining that he’s getting overpaid over the course of his next inevitable massive contract when he was underpaid during his control years.
With the nutty money the large markets are throwing out there, do you expect anyone to skip FA now?
He just set his market rate. Why would the Sox offer him anything more than that per year ?
He agreed to that contract so Red Sox should offer him 10yr/175m. Seems more than reasonable.
It’s not his market rate. It’s slightly above what he was expected to receive in arbitration. His market rate won’t be determined until he’s free of the arbitration process next offseason.
Are you insane???
And that logic is why superstar after superstar is leaving Boston.
Market rate is when all 30 teams can bid for his services. This involves only two parties. There is vast difference.
Devers agreed to this deal though. Whether or not it was to avoid arbitration, he agrees his value is 17.5. If another team pays more than that per year that’s on them.
By no means am I anti devers. But if he thinks he’s worth more than why not fight in arbitration ? Why sign this deal ? All it does is set the tone for free agency.
He agreed that was his market value with one year of arbitration and only one team bidding for his services. Will not be the case next year.
Then why did Mookie get 27 mil in the same exact scenario ?
I know teams will pay it. But tell me the last time a 10+ year contract worked out ? You really wanna pay 30-40mil a year for a DH after a few seasons ? Ask Detroit how that’s worked out with Miggy.
They have a first ballot hall of famer. I think the Tigers are fine with him. No okie Betts won an MVP award in 2018 and pushed his arbitration numbers up. If you are arguing Betts was a better player then fine. So Devers will get 320 m instead of 376m .
A first ballot hall of famer is great and all but you can’t disagree the contract handcuffed them. They couldn’t pay scherzer because of it.
The contracts are getting out of hand. Not a single person has been worth it. I truly hope the Red Sox do sign devers. I just hope it’s not for what you’re saying.
Manny Ramirez signed a long term contract with the Red Sox and worked out real well. I would argue Boston is the second best market for baseball. The Red Sox went 86 years without winning a World Series. They started paying players top of the market and won 3 World Series. Now they are trying to be cheap and the product on the field shows. Betts, bogaerts and Devers should all be long term Red Sox and they aren’t are won’t be.
7 years vs 13 years is a big difference. And they’re still paying Manny until 2026. So you could argue it’s not that great since they’re paying a guy in his retirement.
And they won for a few more reasons than paying players top of the market. They built up their farm and made trades.
A lot of teams are over paying for players. That’s all I’m getting at. You can pay top dollar for top players but long term deals at high AAV rarely work out.
George Santos once struck out Devers on an 128 MPH fastball.
Lmao, nice one
And I was at that game…sitting next to Elvis
He should have added that to his resume’
This may be just a step to assist the trade process. It eliminates one part of the process for the trade partner. Bloom now has about 1 month to trade Devers to avoid the repeat of the humiliation experienced with Bogaerts. The clock is ticking…
“[..]hitting at a combined .292/.352/.532 clip with 108 plate appearances in 2228 plate appearances dating back to 2019”?
Should be 108 Home Runs in 2229 Plate Appearances, no?
like Mookie he’ll be traded in early February
Why would Devers sign for less than 10-12 years and 300 million to 350 million? Someone will definitely give a 26 year old slugger that money. Red Sox are too cheap to do it, and will waste time trying to nickel and dime him like they did Bogaerts.
Try 14/400 he’s only 26.
Yeah Boxscore. That is what he’s looking for.
Boston is more than welcomed to make a trade with the Dodgers again.
Might just be in the works
Where does Sale fit into that rotation?
Their bench is fine. Catching could be more secure but pitching is a bigger need. The rotation is full of hopes and dreams.
Cubs would be a deep pockets fit for Devers if they like him enough to guarantee a bat guy 300 and knew he’d do it now. LAD all about Ohtani for much more.
He is a dh hiding in the field. The amount he is asking for will handcuff a team for a decade. Yes, he is a solid player for the offense, but he costs defensively. There will be no excess value to whoever signs him. You hope to get what you pay him, but likely won’t.
He;ll make the dough when he’s a F.A. Get away from the cheap sox, an move to N.Y.
If Devers is 26yo then his market is $400+ million on a 12+ year contract.
It’s a RARE long term-big bucks contract that’s worth it. RARE.
Hi @Steve
What does this mean “108 plate appearances in 2228 plate appearances dating back to 2019.”
Maybe you meant 108 home runs?
“Certainly, one would imagine Sox bras hopes to avoid a similar sequence”
Bra, let’s avoid a similar sequence. No doubt, bra, no doubt. I never thought X-man would ditch us like that, bra. You just can’t trust anyone these days. Even your closest bras.
300/10 is to much.. in 5 years hes 1B/DH ( too fatt) trade him for 2/4 prospects
300 for 10 to much??? That’s a steal today!!! If they offered and he took that… happy days are here again!!!
I think this means a trade is coming. My guess is the Dodgers will make that trade. I have a feeling that’s what’s coming.
Only if the Dodgers can send a contract back to offset his cost this year.
Throw in Chris Sale?
They haven’t extended him and today the first rumor came out that a deal was in the works to trade. If they move Devers it is sure fire proof they are selling the team but dumping all the big ticket players. If Sale was healthy and not so injury prone he would be gone as well.
Deep pockets???? $400 M for Raffy—I’m sure he’ll get it from someone. Think about this team right now–he has no protection. It’s like Judge down the stretch last year–walk the man and dare someone else to hit the big fly.
Enough of the Rays—who is there ‘Big Bopper’–there is no one major threat–7 of the 9 will get 15 to 22 dingers. It’s a tough line-up, they are patient.
We all know they are stocked with relievers and that’s the way they like it. I think the Sox have improved their Pen–Devers may bring them more pitching. The MLBTR today speculated about trading Casas to Miami for pitching. Let the trades begin.
Also some speculation the Sox might move if the Mets pull out of their SS signing with a 3 yr and an opt-out after years 1 and 2. Let the fun begin…love it.
Bloom has offered a lifetime sub to standard Netflix plus free coffee for life at a local Dunkin Donuts (just one location) and was miffed when Devers didn’t jump on that.
If he threw in 6 munchkins I would have advised him to take it!!!!
Let Devers work for it. A mystery team overpaying is fine; I’d prefer the Sox not to be simps. It’ll be a whole new future in 12 months, and life changes fast. Bogy got a much bigger bag than anyone expected. Who’s to say that the next bag won’t be lighter?
Devers is a great hitter but is not a good 3rd baseman. So, giving him the 300M deal he probably desires seems like a stretch. Where do you play him after you sign him? I suppose you could leave him at 3B, but when paying such a big salary, I would want a player who is at least average defensively.
I remember in the 80”s fans used to complain about another Redsox 3rd baseman who couldn’t field…. Whatever happened to Wade Boggs??????
He drank 100 beers on a flight from NY to Seattle.
I thought that was Andre the giant???
The Sox are going to have to make the playoffs this year for Devers to stay. If he wants to win he will walk., he is the team right now!
What a slap in the face to Devers. He’s worth 300m 10 years and they low ball him with a qualifying offer for one year deal
Why extend Devers when you can just buy another sports team?
Yanks2 – Trolling the Red Sox site? $300MM? Are you insane? For a one-dimensional player who kills you in the field and refuses to move to DH? There would be better payback on giving Judge a $500MM contract than Devers a $300MM contract. He’s got a bad body type for his 30s and a team with no Mookie, JD, Bogaerts or Benny surrounding him in the batting order going forward. A massive drop in productivity and you are paying $300MM for an 80 RUN, 90 RBI 40 HR bad 3B who kills your pitching staff. Your statement was absurd.
Also, 2023 is his last controllable year so it’s not a low ball. They jumped him more than they should have. Guess how much Mookie made in his 6th year of control? $27MM. Light years more than Devers because he is a gold glove outfielder, who won a MVP and steals bases. Devers is a butcher at 3B, has NOT been close to winning an MVP and now never will in Boston and is an aggressive base runner who makes mistakes all the time. His baseball acumen compared to Mookie is about 10% of Mookie’s in my opinion.
Devers doesn’t know when to cut in front of the SS, doesn’t know when to take the extra base, can’t figure out how to charge a half hit ball down the 3B line. I coached little league players with a better understanding of the game!!
At this point every move Bloom makes needs to be one that minimizes damage after he gets fired. One year for Devers is fine. Trading him in February when there is no demand for him is a strategy Bloom used for Mookie. That didn’t turn out well but he is likely to be consistent in his inability to get fair value for the player he is trading.
This year is different from 2020 when he gave away Mookie in early February. Mookie was slotted to play with many all-star players in 2020 before the deal and had he played his value would have risen. Devers is in a near empty cabinet with JD and Bogaerts gone so his productivity will drop significantly even if he has a great year. That’s why he needs to flourish in spring training to raise his value before the season starts. Any February trade is using the previous year’s results as the benchmark for the players recent success. An end of March trade allows spring training performance to be considered. Devers could use ST to raise his value for Boston or he could behave like a child and not perform and stick it to Boston by having a bad year so Bloom only gets a draft pick. I doubt he thinks that deeply so my guess is he thinks he is the BMOC now and will have a big spring to prove he deserves a big contract. That works in Bloom’s favor if he’s patient enough to wait until the end of March to deal him.
No matter what happens, I’m sure Bloom will make the wrong decision. He’s very consistent in that way. He’s made over 100 bad transactions since he arrived and I expect no less than 30 more during 2023 so keep the revolving door spinning the dumpster diving will continue this off season and into 2023.
dang 2,000+ HRs!? gotta be some sorta record
With Boston seemingly tanking it again this season the jays are now the new 2nd biggest shark in the East? And, if the Jays managed to lock up Vlad and Bo early does that make them a top five organization?
2228 homers? Holy crap! And still so young!
The Red Sox are probably going to deal him or let him walk. No way he gets Aaron Judge money from John Henry. FSG is building and expanding it’s portfolio. One cannot bleed cash and acquire teams congruently. While the Mets, Padres, and Rangers empty their coffers, the FSG group sits on the sidelines while the spending insanity continues. They are attempting to find a buyer for Liverpool rather than compete with oil money for star players. The costs have become uncomfortable. They’ve been outbid and out maneuvered for MLB talent. This is the new paradigm…
Just saw on twitter Carlos Baerga on his Instagram said the red Sox will soon announce Devers extention.
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twitter.com/hgomez27/status/1610749306062897152?t=…
Don’t know how legit it is.