Nearly four months later, what’s your stance on the Rafael Devers trade?

I don’t feel any differently about it than I did the day it went down.

Baseball is a largely individual sport masquerading as a collective endeavor. On-field chemistry matters little. One player’s performance doesn’t materially effect the performance of anyone else. And the fit of a player’s particular skill set relative to those of his teammates matters a little bit, but not much. Thus, putting together a winning team isn’t all that complicated: you assemble as many talented players on the roster as you possibly can. That’s the front office’s job — to add more talent to the roster than gets taken away.

Red Sox management bungled the Alex Bregman signing vis-à-vis Devers from day one (or even before day one, since

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