The Boston Red Sox's handling of Rafael Devers will go down as one of the biggest botches in MLB history. Trading away a superstar in the prime of their career is never a good decision. The mismanagement of the situation is what led Tim Kelly of Bleacher Report to call it the biggest failure of the 2025 season.

The Red Sox are unlikely to find a like-for-like replacement for Rafael Devers in Atlanta Braves designated hitter Marcell Ozuna.

Devers, 28, is one of the best hitters in baseball, and the Red Sox have been worse since dealing him to San Francisco. They just got swept by the Los Angeles Angels and enter play on Friday at 40-42 and in fourth place in the American League East. Furthermore, they are on the outside-looking-in of the wild card picture as well.