Rafael Devers contract a conundrum, especially if Red Sox want to cut costs in 2020

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Signing Rafael Devers to a long-term extension would give the Red Sox some peace of mind that they've locked in another young star alongside Xander Bogaerts for the long haul. As we laid out on Wednesday, if the Red Sox have designs on getting under the $208 million luxury tax threshold and resetting their penalty clock, then they'd be best served paying Devers about $800,000 as a pre-arbitration player. If there's a deal to be had and the Red Sox can't make it for budgetary reasons, that would be a shame, because Devers continues pushing to greater heights during his breakout campaign.

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