COMMENTARY
I can’t be the only person whose pulse spiked seeing the words “Rafael Devers” and “agreement” on their phone Tuesday until realizing it was just for a $17.5-million deal covering his last year before free agency.
No matter. Good news is good news, and avoiding even the suggestion of arbitration with The Last Red Sox Superstar qualifies as parade-worthy if we’re grading this winter on a curve. The sides are talking, and they managed something productive.
Even if my lizard brain leaps to three Januaries ago when they cleared this hurdle with Mookie Betts right before .