But now, after a maddeningly uneven first 73 games and an industry-rattling trade that exported the team’s best hitter to the other league and other side of the country, the Red Sox are staring down the possibility of missing the postseason for a fourth consecutive year — something this franchise hasn’t done since 1991 to ‘94.

Rafael Devers is gone and the Red Sox must move on. Here are five roster-related questions facing Craig Breslow and Alex Cora in the coming days and weeks.

The Red Sox acquired four players from the Giants in return for Rafael Devers — including three pitchers. Here's what to know about them.