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.

Red Sox Trade Sends Rafael Devers to New York Amid Boston's First Base Drama. Devers Refuses to Play First Base.

Boston Red Sox superstar Rafael Devers made it pretty clear that he doesn’t want to move away from designated hitter and pick back up his glove and go to first