Rafael Devers’ final quote as a member of the Boston Red Sox was interesting, to say the least.
The Red Sox rocked the MLB landscape when they traded Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. The trade was announced hours after Devers led the Red Sox to a three-game sweep of their rival New York Yankees at Fenway Park in Boston, Mass.
Devers spoke to reporters shortly after the 2-0 win over New York. The 28-year-old slugger was asked about the season-long tension between him and the Red Sox brain trust, and whether those issues were behind them.
“That’s in the past,” Devers replied through a translator, via The Athletic’s Jen McCaffery.
The question was the last Devers answered before hopping on the team bus bound for the airport. Boston reportedly had a 7:05 p.m. flight scheduled to fly Northwest to take on the Seattle Mariners. Devers never boarded the flight. He instead took an Uber to meet with his new team.
It’s possible Devers knew the deal was in the works, but decided to keep mum until the news broke publicly. But Devers did not sound like a man unaffiliated with the Red Sox in his earlier answers. He used the words “we” and “us” to describe the team’s progress following the weekend sweep over the Yankees.
In all fairness to Devers, his beef with the Red Sox is very much in the past. His final quote rings true now more than ever.
