The Red Sox CBO has taken care not to divulge specifics about what went on with Devers behind the scenes and what most of the trade conversations were like. However, on WEEI’s Greg Hill Show on Tuesday morning, Breslow did slam one report as “absolutely not true.”

The Boston Red Sox could have a widening rift between the coaches and executives after the shocking Rafael Devers trade.

Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow reportedly fired a team staffer who swore near the end of a Zoom meeting.

As John Henry and the Fenway Sports Group are the owners of both clubs, a conspiracy theory immediately circulated that the Red Sox were forced to trade Devers because Liverpool had landed Wirtz. On WEEI’s Greg Hill Show Monday morning, Boston’s Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow shot that idea down emphatically.

Rafael Devers era ended the same way as the last five days of the Devers era: with a win. The Red Sox shut out out the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on Monday night (BOS 2, SEA 0), one day after the stunner of a trade that sent Devers to the San Francisco Giants for four players and salary relief.

The Boston Red Sox have won six straight games, and have reintroduced themselves to the American League Wild Card race.

Anthony was the youngest Red Sox player to debut since Rafael Devers, who was traded to the San Francisco Giants in a blockbuster deal Sunday night. Coincidentally, Devers also hit his first major league home run against the Mariners, in July 2017.

The Red Sox starter said, “At that point, for me, I’ve just gotta turn my brain off and rip it as hard as I can."