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A quick look at Boston Red Sox’s list from their World Series-winning team in 2018 can make the average baseball fan Quizical compared to the 2025 troop.
Rafael Devers was their third Baseman, Mookie Betts played the right field, and Xander Bogaerts was shortstop, not to mention players like Andrew Benintendi, Jackie Bradley Jr. And JD Martinez also strengthened the lineup as the team defeated Los Angeles Dodgers in five games.
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Boston Red Sox’s Rafael Devers, #11, responds on the way to the first base after being hit by a pitch during the sixth round of a baseball match against New York Yankees on Sunday 8 June 8, 2025 in New York City. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
On Sunday, one of the last core pieces of the layout was processed.
Red Sox traded Devers to San Francisco Giants for Jordan Hicks, Jose Bello, James Tibbs III and Kyle Harrison – an appointment that stunned the baseball world. Despite his philosophical differences with Red Sox, Devers .272 hit with a .905 ops and 15 home runs. He led the American league in trips with 56 and had played the most games in Majors (73).
Betts, who Red Sox traded to Dodgers, offered his thoughts after the team’s victory over Giants on Sunday.
“I just thought it was crazy,” he told the Athletic. “Nothing to say really, it’s just crazy.”
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Boston Red Sox Right Fielder Mookie Betts, #50, celebrates with third Baseman Rafael Devers, #11, after the match against Detroit Tigers in Comerica Park in Detroit on July 7, 2019. (Raj Mehta-usa Today Sports)
Dodgers Pitcher Clayton Kershaw also responded to the trade, which he was told during an ESPN segment about the wild feature.
“What about that trade? It’s crazy,” he said. “Buster really does! Not Olney; Buster Posey does it really over there. Good for Buster, man. He goes for it. I will consider (DEVERS) one of probably the 10 best men in the game at worst. He is definitely a game election.”
Almost seven years later, Red Sox operates with a completely different list than the one they had when they lifted the commissioner’s trophy.
Boston Red Sox Right Fielder Mookie Betts, #50, celebrates with third Baseman Rafael Devers, #11, after hitting a two -run against Baltimore Orioles in Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on July 20, 2019. (Tommy Gilligan-usa Today Sports)
Boston goes into the week fresh by a sweeping of New York Yankees and only 6.5 games behind them to first place in Al East.
