The signing of Devers was at least in part a reaction to the team’s failure to keep Betts, which proved a disaster, and Bogaerts, which looks better by the day.

On Monday, the Boston Red Sox designated hitter won American League Player of the Week after hitting .476 (10-for-21) with two homers and a double while driving in eight runs during the week of May 5...

Nick Sogard is more than happy to be playing first base for the Red Sox, which he acknowledges wouldn’t necessarily have been the case a few years ago.