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.

Perhaps Devers’ massive contract, which will pay him nearly $30 million per year for the next nine years, has given him a different perspective on baseball.

The Red Sox want Devers to play first base, while Devers isn't open to learning first base in the wake of Triston Casas' season-ending injury.