Twenty-four hours after pulling off one of the most shocking trades in Red Sox history, Craig Breslow made a claim that was quite hard to believe. As he explained why the club traded superstar Rafael Devers to the Giants, he stuck his neck out with a prediction on what was to come.

“At the end of the season,” Breslow said, to a group of nearly 100 reporters circling like piranhas on a Zoom call on the night of June 16, “I think we could look back and say we’ve won more games than we otherwise would have because of the way that this roster is now able to come together.”

More than three months later, the Red Sox are postseason-bound, having gone 51-36 since the Devers trade, which came hours after the club climbed to a game above .500 with a June 15 win over the Yankees at Fenway Park. Bos

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