Red Sox’s Craig Breslow Makes Big Rafael Devers Trade Admission

The Boston Red Sox experienced quite the whirlwind of emotions on Sunday, going from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows in a matter of hours.

Boston was able to complete a sweep of the rival New York Yankees at roughly 5:09 p.m. ET. It’s not like they were able to enjoy it for very long, though. Rafael Devers, who homered in the victory, was then traded to the San Francisco Giants at roughly 6:51 p.m. ET, sending shock waves through the baseball world.

Could they not have waited?

“I can (admit) that the timing was absolutely not great,” Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow told reporters on Monday as seen on NESN. “ We don’t always have the choice about when these things reach the point of execution, outside of — we absolutely could have walked away or said, ‘We’re not going to make this trade.’

“We do ultimately believe that it was best for the organization. I don’t think it’s fair to say that our performance was solely because of Raffy, any more than to say a number of these games that we’ve won over the first couple of months have been because of the the offensive contributions that he’s made.”

It’s big of the boss to admit that he had bad timing, but something tells us that won’t make fans feel any better.