Playing nine innings while presuming Nico Harrison thinks the Red Sox pulled off a heist with the Rafael Devers trade …
1. Some of the rationale for trading Devers is understandable. Most of it falls somewhere between lousy and loathsome. Nothing about it bothers me more than the awful, awful, stupid, awful timing.
The Red Sox have been rolling — six wins in a row entering Tuesday (including a thoroughly satisfying sweep of the Yankees), eight in nine games, and 11 out of 16. They are back over .500, close to the last wild-card spot, and trending the right way for the first time since they went 16-11 in April.