Heading into 2025, the Red Sox signed Alex Bregman to a three-year, $120 million deal to play third base, which is Devers’ primary position. As a result, Devers was moved to DH, but he wasn’t happy with it and even resisted.

The drama surrounding Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox's front office has cooled down this week, although it's not necessarily for a good reason. As the Red Sox were swept out of Detroit, dropping them below .

Spotrac puts his market value at 12 years, $539 million. ESPN's Jeff Passan also recently had Tucker in his rarefied air of players who could sign $500 million contracts. And if the Cubs are the ones making that happen, it's pretty unlikely they'll then turn around and trade for the roughly quarter of a billion dollars left on Devers' deal.