I trade Devers in a heartbeat for Pomeranz. I like Devers, but of the 4 of them, he seems the least likely to be freaking awesome. Which is obviously a technical term.
He's also the most likely to replace Ortiz's production. I agree I'd rather see him traded than Moncada, NES and Espinoza, though.
Pretty well set?
This bullpen does not feel pretty well set.
How much of the bullpens problems are caused by the 4th and 5th starters? If you get a 4th starter who can go 6 innings with an era of 4 or even 4.50, it should help the bullpen immensely. After just 86 games, the sox have given 32 starts to 6 different pitchers not named Porcello, Wright or Price.
33 GS, 159.2ip, 7.23 era.
We are getting less than 5 innings (4.83) a start from our 4 and 5 pitchers, Clay, for all his warts, as at least given the sox 5 1/2 innings. The rest of the drek has combined for 20 starts, 88.1ip, and an era of 7.97. Compared to them, Clay has been an ace and has an era a full 2 runs lower while providing an extra inning of work. He sucks, but I wouldn't be in a hurry to release him.
edit: FWIW, the sox are 15-18 in the 33 games those pitchers started, with Owens and Sullivan starting they are 7-0. Go figure.