The Rafael Devers trade will remain an inflection point for this modern iteration of the Boston Red Sox, which will eventually come to be defined as the "Craig Breslow era".
The trade, which was far from popular at the time it was completed, hit another snag on the road at the trade deadline. Boston unloaded the best prospect acquired from the San Francisco Giants, outfielder James Tibbs III, to the Dodgers in exchange for Dustin May.
The most forgotten part of that deal, though, was that the Giants agreed to assume all of the remainder of Devers' contract.