Bregman is a superior defender to Devers, who has led the American League in errors at third base in seven consecutive seasons. Devers’ -6 OAA (Outs Above Average) last season ranked in the bottom-eight percentile, according to Baseball Savant.

‘“There was a bit of a charge and a bit of an onus to really return back to winning ... there was a conversation I had with John [Henry] where he expressed a sincerity and more of a passion of saying, ‘we’re missing something here that should be here, that has been here, something that’s been lost and we have a strong intention to return it.’”’