The Boston Red Sox shocked the baseball world by trading away the man who – until last night – was their franchise player.

"We were all excited. We just swept the Yankees. We love our team and instead of being excited, I'm devastated," a fan told WBZ. "It's wild. We have traded Mookie Betts and Devers in the last five years. Our two best players and we got, essentially, nothing in return for either of them."

Craig Breslow says rise of young players pushed Red Sox to trade Rafael Devers: “Culture is always important, but I think it’s magnified when you have young players who are coming to