The Purple Sox, by some means, had the perfect and worst weekend on the similar time.
Whereas Boston swept the rival Yankees, it was moments after Sunday’s matinee sport that the enjoyment was ripped away when it was shockingly introduced the Purple Sox had traded star Rafael Devers to the Giants.
Purple Sox followers weren’t ready for this rollercoaster of feelings and lambasted the franchise for being low cost as soon as once more.
“Baseball is Dead” podcast host Jared Carrabis took to X to air his emotions in regards to the deal.
“How the f–k do you trade Rafael Devers?” Carrabis mentioned. “For A: That return and B: the moment in which you did it.”
Ringer founder Invoice Simmons introduced a concept on X a couple of doable purpose for the commerce.
The proprietor of the Purple Sox, John Henry, additionally owns the Premier League-winning soccer staff Liverpool.
Simmons hinted on X that the doable motive behind the commerce was to assist finance the most recent switch to Liverpool, Florian Wirtz. Liverpool reportedly paid his former membership $100 million for the midfielder.
Devers is within the third season of a 10-year, $313 million contract and had been at odds with the staff this spring coaching, after he was moved from third base to DH for the newly signed Alex Bregman.
It isn’t the primary time possession has traded one in all its star gamers, a lot to the frustration of its fan base.
Mookie Betts was traded to the Dodgers earlier than the 2020 season for 3 gamers who didn’t pan out.
Betts was within the remaining yr of his contract and would signal a 12-year, $365 million cope with Los Angeles — and he has since helped the franchise win two World Collection.
“I woke up still mad [about] the Devers trade,” Barstool founder Dave Portnoy wrote on X. “If you are trying to win you just don’t trade your best hitter for nothing in the middle of the season. John Henry and (minority owner) LeBron [James] have turned the Red Sox into the Oakland A’s with fancy hubcaps.”
It looks like historical past has repeated itself but once more in Boston. Hopefully, this time, it can work out higher.
