Legendary Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said players' egos sometimes play a big role in trades like the one Rafael Devers was involved in.

The Boston Red Sox shocked the baseball world when they traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants. David Ortiz thinks Devers is partly to blame.

David Ortiz has chimed in on the stunning Rafael Devers trade. The Red Sox legend spoke to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal on Monday, saying the Devers-Red Sox relationship “wasn’t going to end well.”