Looks like the league has discovered Devers has problems with high in the zone fast balls. Not sure Devers was aware where the pitch was becuase it appeared his eyes were closed.
Timing is everything in a 162 game season. You're gonna run into eventual bad teams at the wrong time. Otoh, you can also run into good teams when they're not playing at their normal level. In a perfect season these two things even out, but usually not.
The elephant in the SOX room isn't Masa's play in LF. It is starting pitching. Imho, if Bloom fails to pick-up a couple of decent starters for next year, then the SOX will be breathing fumes in the AL East again.