David Ortiz chides Rafael Devers for not being full package before Red Sox beat their former star

David Ortiz just had to sneak one last dig in at Rafael Devers.Hours before Devers faced the Red Sox for the first time in his career following the shocking trade that sent him to the Giants, Ortiz took a shot at Boston’s former homegrown star.Ortiz posted to his Instagram Story a photo of him standing inside Fenway Park alongside a No.34 monument, and the Red Sox later held Devers hitless in five at-bats in a 7-5 road win Friday.“The thing is that to have some like this at boston you have to just not be a hitter you have to be the full package a all the way around Player … go sox,” Ortiz wrote, while adding, “best organization in baseball.”Ortiz, whose No.
34 is retired by the franchise and now serves as a special assistant for the Fenway Sports Group, seemingly attempted to say that Devers did not do what was required to be the franchise cornerstone and that’s why his jersey won’t be retired by the team and he’s instead playing in San Francisco.This message is in line with comments Ortiz has made over the past week that have been critical of Devers and sided with the team.Ortiz told The Athletic he knew the partnership would not end well due to the drama surrounding a position change earlier this year after the Red Sox signed Alex Bregman.“I played for the Red Sox a long time,” Ortiz told the publication.“You think everything with me and the Red Sox was roses and flowers? I went through some tough times also.
But I was mature enough to understand and keep things internal.Even in the best families, between the best brothers, s–t happens.
You need to have the maturity to resolve the problems and move on.”Details have emerged trying to explain what led to the divorce roughly two-and-a-half years after the sides agreed to a 10-year, $313.5 million extension through the 2033 season.Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said the sides hit an “inflection point” and they could not “find alignment.”Devers hinted Friday night th...