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.

Everyone has a say on the Rafael Devers saga. The Boston Red Sox's former third baseman and current designated hitter has ruffled feathers with his refusal to play first base in the wake of Triston Casas’ season-ending knee surgery.

Rafael Devers has been positively crushing the ball of late. But when the games end, the constant speculation about his position and attitude towards the team resume. Devers made it very clear on Thursday that he doesn't want to play first base,