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A quick look at the Boston Red Sox roster in the 2018 World Championship team in the 2018 World Series could make average baseball fans Quizzical.
Rafael Devers is their third baseman, Mookie Betts has a great performance in the right game, while Xander Bogaerts is shortstop, not to mention players like Andrew Benintendi, Jackie Bradley Jr. and JD Martinez also supported the roster when they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games.
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Boston Red Sox’s 11th-place Rafael Devers reacted on his way to first base after being hit in the sixth inning against the New York Yankees in New York City on Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
One of the last core parts of the lineup was traded on Sunday.
The Red Sox traded Devers to the San Francisco Giants with Jordan Hicks, Jose Bello, James Tibbs III and Kyle Harrison (a deal that shocked the baseball world). Despite the philosophical differences between the Devers and the Red Sox, Devers still hit .272 with 0.905 operation and 15 home runs. He leads the American League with 56 and plays the most games in the Grand Slam (73).
Bates, who traded to the Dodgers, came up with his own ideas after defeating the Giants on Sunday.
“I just think it’s crazy,” he told Athletics. “Nothing to say, it’s crazy.”
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Boston Red Sox right-fielder Mookie Betts celebrated with third baseman Rafael Devers after a July 7, 2019 game against the Detroit Tigers at Detroit Park in Detroit on July 7, 2019. (Raj Mehta-Usa’s sports today)
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw also responded to the trade, as he was told about the ESPN department about wild moves.
He said, “Where is that deal? That’s crazy.” “Buster is really doing it! Not Olney; Buster Percy is really doing it there. To Buster, man. He’s going.
Nearly seven years later, the Red Sox operates completely differently than their roster of canceling the Commissioner’s trophy.
Boston Red Sox right-fielder Mookie Betts, #50, celebrated with third baseman Rafael Devers, and beat the Baltimore Orioles twice on July 20, 2019 at Oriole Park in the yard of Camden, Baltimore. (Tommy Gilligan-Usa’s sports today)
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Boston will enter the New York Yankees’ full week, with only 6.5 games behind them to No. 1 in Al East.
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