Who is to blame for the Rafael Devers mess?

Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston HeraldThree months ago the Red Sox signed all-star third baseman Alex Bregman. Generally speaking, it’s a good thing to add all-star players to your roster. And on the field thus far in 2025, it has indeed been a very good thing. Bregman has been the best player on the Red Sox and one of the very best in all of baseball, currently placing fifth in bWAR in the American League.

Complicating matters, though, was the fact that the Red Sox already had an all-star third baseman: Rafael Devers, a guy to whom they committed a lot of dough over a lot of years. And even as Bregman was smiling under the Florida sun and introducing himself to both his new…