Former Boston Red Sox second baseman and 2008 AL MVP Dustin Pedroia shared his thoughts on the Rafael Devers situation with the Red Sox that unfolded in 2025 and contributed to Devers ultimately being traded to the San Francisco Giants .

In discussing Devers on a new episode of the Baseball Isn’t Boring podcast, Pedroia shared an interesting anecdote about his own career. Pedroia recalled that a couple years after he signed a massive extension with the Red Sox and helped them win a World Series in 2013, Boston went out and signed second baseman Yoán Moncada, a move that threatened to rub Pedroia the wrong way.

“I look at it as a player … we win the World Series, I signed an eight-year extension for $110 million, and then we go spend $51 million on a second baseman,” Pedroia said. “

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