Spotrac puts his market value at 12 years, $539 million. ESPN's Jeff Passan also recently had Tucker in his rarefied air of players who could sign $500 million contracts. And if the Cubs are the ones making that happen, it's pretty unlikely they'll then turn around and trade for the roughly quarter of a billion dollars left on Devers' deal.

Devers has been Boston's best hitter this season and has only ascended in his role as the DH. Despite that, many former Red Sox players have decided to weigh in on the Devers drama with what they believe the 28-year-old lefty slugger should do.

The Boston Red Sox have a massive hole at first base following the gruesome knee injury suffered by Triston Casas. The easiest solution was sliding Rafael Dever