The Boston Red Sox are linked to Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Rhys Hoskins as a potential Rafael Devers replacement.

What does the Rafael Devers trade say about the state of the Red Sox? That and more reader questions answered in this week’s mailbag.

With his first homer as a Giant, a two-run, opposite-field shot, Devers powered San Francisco to a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox — the only major-league team Devers had known for more than a decade. In Boston, Devers blossomed into one of baseball’s best players. In San Francisco, the Red Sox can only watch their former star from afar.