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

Just as the entire sports world was laughing at the Boston Red Sox, Roman Anthony gave them a reason to smile. The 21-year-old Anthony, Major League Baseball's consensus number-one prospect, launched his first career home run in his first plate appearance on Monday night against the Seattle Mariners.

The Red Sox clubhouse Monday could easily have been sullen after chief baseball officer Craig Breslow traded Rafael Devers, one of the game’s top hitters, to the Giants on Sunday evening. But it was the opposite.

The anecdote serves to illustrate the reputation the pitcher-turned-executive has cultivated in Boston, which traded its best hitter to San Francisco on Sunday.

The Boston Red Sox shocked Major League Baseball by trading star third baseman Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. Since that move, several stories have surfaced about the dysfunction in the Red Sox organization.

How many times will it take for an outfielder to ignore the cutoff man or for a ground ball between the mound and first base to turn into a single before the Red Sox do something to fix their poor fundamentals?

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