Boston executive Craig Breslow addressed the conspiracy theory that Liverpool's transfer spending drove the Red Sox trade of Rafael Devers.

Big Papi didn’t mince words when speaking about the Red Sox superstar in a recent comment to ESPN’s Hector Gómez. “You cannot imagine how many times I wrote to Devers trying to give him advice…he almost never returned my messages,” Ortiz said.

Devers, 28, did not resolve his problems with Boston’s front office. And on Sunday, the Red Sox made one of the most stunning baseball trades in recent memory, sending Devers to the San Francisco Giants for right-hander Jordan Hicks, left-hander Kyle Harrison, outfield prospect James Tibbs III and pitching prospect Jose Bello.