{"id":36367,"date":"2025-02-23T14:15:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T14:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=36367"},"modified":"2025-02-23T14:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T14:15:20","slug":"breaking-rafael-devers-drama-may-force-red-sox-to-trade-40-home-run-potential-slugger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=36367","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Rafael Devers Drama May Force Red Sox to Trade &#8217;40 Home Run Potential&#8217; Slugger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six days after eight-year veteran Boston slugger Rafael Devers sent shockwaves through the Red Sox spring training camp by flatly refusing to move off his third base position, even implying\u00a0he may ask to be traded\u00a0rather than take on a full-time designated hitter role, the controversy continued to reverberate through the organization. The drama may even have\u00a0repercussions throughout baseball.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the Devers imbroglio could see fourth-year first baseman Triston Casas on his way out of Boston, despite the fact that Boston chief of baseball operations\u00a0Craig Breslow has called Casas a player\u00a0with &#8220;40-home run potential,&#8221; and said the Red Sox are &#8220;excited&#8221; to have the 25-year-old Floridian on their team.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2593586\/red-sox-sluggers-rafael-devers-triston-casas.webp?w=790&amp;f=b6645d0105bc4ba72e30301731ad623f 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2593586\/red-sox-sluggers-rafael-devers-triston-casas.jpg?w=790&amp;f=b6645d0105bc4ba72e30301731ad623f 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2593586\/red-sox-sluggers-rafael-devers-triston-casas.webp?w=900&amp;f=19bc6a08b2e45a7e795d8d708053d222 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2593586\/red-sox-sluggers-rafael-devers-triston-casas.jpg?w=900&amp;f=19bc6a08b2e45a7e795d8d708053d222 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2593586\/red-sox-sluggers-rafael-devers-triston-casas.webp?w=790&amp;f=b6645d0105bc4ba72e30301731ad623f 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2593586\/red-sox-sluggers-rafael-devers-triston-casas.jpg?w=790&amp;f=b6645d0105bc4ba72e30301731ad623f 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2593586\/red-sox-sluggers-rafael-devers-triston-casas.webp?w=450&amp;f=a645580d30eab04ce13ce49cd2586b26 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2593586\/red-sox-sluggers-rafael-devers-triston-casas.jpg?w=450&amp;f=a645580d30eab04ce13ce49cd2586b26 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2593586\/red-sox-sluggers-rafael-devers-triston-casas.webp?w=1200&amp;f=d6bb7e9ff0c2b123f034e75f9883752b\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2593586\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2593586\/red-sox-sluggers-rafael-devers-triston-casas.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=d6bb7e9ff0c2b123f034e75f9883752b\" alt=\"Red Sox sluggers Rafael Devers, Triston Casas\" width=\"1200\" height=\"832\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\"><span id=\"short-cap-description\" class=\"cap\">DETROIT, MI &#8211; APRIL 9: Rafael Devers #11 of the Boston Red Sox talks with Triston Casas #36 before their game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on April 9, 2023, in Detroit, Michigan&#8230;.<\/span>\u00a0<button id=\"read-more-cap\">More<\/button>\u00a0<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">Duane Burleson\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Devers made his blunt comments in response to questions on whether he would be willing to surrender third base to\u00a0new, $120 million free agent\u00a0Alex Bregman. The 30-year-old Bregman played\u00a0third base almost exclusively\u00a0for his original team, the Houston Astros, and won a Gold Glove at the position last year.<\/p>\n<p>Casas, who\u00a0has a reputation for making unfiltered\u00a0remarks to the media, jumped in to the controversy by\u00a0publicly backing Devers&#8217;\u00a0stance, and even going so far as to say the Red Sox\u00a0trio of top prospects\u00a0\u2014 Kristian Campbell, Roman Anthony and Marcelo Mayer \u2014 should not be called up to\u00a0the major league club because\u00a0&#8220;we&#8217;ve got some grown men up there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the offseason, despite Breslow&#8217;s public support of Casas, the Red Sox reportedly attempted to\u00a0trade him to the Seattle Mariners, according to Boston.com. That trade offer died on the vine \u2014 but could now come roaring back to life,\u00a0according to Fansided Mariners\u00a0reporter Tanner Vogt.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox&#8217; reported trade target when the deal was first attempted in December was righty starting pitcher Luis Castillo, who is entering the second year of a five-year,\u00a0$108 million contract.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As spring training progresses, the Red Sox&#8217;s internal dynamics will be closely monitored,&#8221; Vogt wrote on Friday. &#8220;The resolution of the Devers-Bregman positional dispute could have far-reaching implications, potentially influencing trade markets and roster configurations league-wide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But according to Vogt, the resurrected Red Sox-Mariners trade talks would likely involve not Castillo, but some of the Mariners&#8217; younger pitching talent such as\u00a0right-hander Bryce Miller\u00a0who had an stellar 2024 with a 2.94 ERA in 180 1\/3 innings at age 25.\u00a0Bryan Woo, another 25-year-old\u00a0righty who started 22 games with a 2.89 ERA last year, could also be on the table in a possible Casas deal, according to Vogt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six days after eight-year veteran Boston slugger Rafael Devers sent shockwaves through the Red Sox spring training camp by flatly refusing to move off his third base&#8230; 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