SEATTLE — Instant reactions from the Red Sox ’ 2-0 win over the Seattle Mariners here at T-Mobile Field on Friday. 1) The Red Sox improved to 1-0 in the post-Rafael Devers Era. It marked their sixth straight win and ninth victory in 11 games as they improved to two games over .500 (38-36).

While the Red Sox front office kept reiterating that it was a pure baseball trade, the honest truth is that it was a culture trade. They didn’t believe they could win another championship with Devers. They believed he was the wrong guy to be the centerpiece of the franchise. They didn’t think he would become a leader. So, he is gone.

I do think that there is a real chance that at the end of the season, we're looking back and we've won more games than we otherwise would have." The post ‘Something amiss,’ a new culture, and other takeaways from Red Sox’s presser on Rafael Devers trade appeared first on Boston.

Rafael Devers balked at becoming the Red Sox' DH, and later refused to try out first base. The team worried that would be a dangerous precedent for a roster filled with rookies.

The anecdote serves to illustrate the reputation the pitcher-turned-executive has cultivated in Boston, which traded its best hitter to San Francisco on Sunday.

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The Yankees suffered their first regular-season series sweep since last July as the Red Sox dominated at Fenway Park, with New York batters hitting just .160 against Boston pitching.

After a 10th-inning walk-off in Friday’s opener and a hard-fought one-run win on Saturday, the Red Sox looked to ride the momentum of the past two days into Sunday’s series finale against the Yankees.