Extending Rafael Devers is the Red Sox’ “No. 1 priority” following Xander Bogaerts’s departure to San Diego earlier this month, sources reportedly told The New York Post.
Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom also reportedly gave a strong message about the team’s push to extend Devers.
“Our efforts are only intensifying — but it’s something we’ve really wanted to do for a while and hopefully we’ll be able to find that path,” Bloom texted columnist Jon Heyman, according to the report.
There haven’t been many updates on how negotiations are going between the Red Sox and Devers.