The Red Sox had to answer to the wife of their new $120 million man before the deal became official this month.

Everyone in Beantown is ostensibly thrilled about the Boston Red Sox landing prized free-agent acquisition Alex Bregman, except his new teammate, Rafael Devers.

Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a Denver native and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and a noted fan of pull-up threes, wide-receiver passes and a good hot fudge sundae.