Devers is gone. Probably asked to be traded. No one here knows the whole story, so it's all supposition. I've already gotten over the fact that he's gone.
Go Sox!
Otoh, if Devers had agreed to play 1st right after the Casas injury, Cora could have had more options to put a better lineup at the plate. Maybe winning more of those one run losses. I guess we'll never know.
The money saved by trading Devers will be available to keep Skenes for a long time.
IMHO, Skenes is the target and the Sox will offer the Pirates a deal they can't refuse.
IMHO, Devers hasn't been that happy to play in Boston since they let his best friend X-man go. Removing Devers from 3rd was the final straw for Devers.
Like Moon posted some of these players the Sox got in return will be part of a large package to get Skenes.