The baseball world, and Boston Red Sox fans in particular, were still trying to make sense on Monday of the stunning Sunday night trade that send superstar slugger Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants for what appeared to be a relatively weak package of players and prospects.

But one former longtime Red Sox executive wasted no time blasting the Boston organization for what he called “organizational malpractice” in its handling of the Devers situation.

Tension had been boiling between Devers and the front office when, according to insider accounts, chief baseball officer Craig Breslow somehow led the 28-year-old, eight-year veteran to believe that even if the team signed free agent third baseman Alex Bregman, Devers’ hold on the third base job was safe.

But when the Bregman signing was finalized, that turned out not to be the case, Devers reacted by, at least initially, refusing to make the move to DH. The conflict between the star who in 2023 signed a 10-year, $313.5 million contract extension and the Red Sox management only got worse from there.

“We don’t yet have all the info, but this is a sad ending for Red Sox fans,” wrote former Red Sox assistant general manager and executive vice-president Zack Scott. “The entire saga feels like organizational malpractice.”

Scott joined the Red Sox as an intern in the team’s baseball operations department back in 2004, the Red Sox’s first championship season in 86 years. He rose steadily through the ranks until leaving the Red Sox assistant GM job at the end of 2020.

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Scott went on to serve as senior vice president and acting GM for the New York Mets for a year, until he left to start his own business as a consultant specializing in leadership issues and techniques.

“Egos and emotions are powerful,” Scott wrote on his X (formerly Twitter) account Sunday. “There is a lot of blame to go around, including Raffy, his agent, ownership, AS, Bres, and possibly more. It’s an unfortunate situation all around (except for the Giants), highlighting the importance of great communication.”

“AC” refers to manager Alex Cora. “Bres” to Breslow.

Scott said that during his tenure in the Red Sox front office, the team’s then-highest-paid superstar Manny Ramirez requested trades, and caused other disruptions, on a regular basis.

But Scott added that he was glad the team at the time dealt with the “drama” caused by Ramirez, who played a major role in two Red Sox World Series victories and four American League Championship Series appearances in his seven full seasons in Boston — before they finally did trade him, sending Ramirez to the Los Angeles Dodgers at the trade deadline in 2008.

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