Red Sox trade Rafael Devers to Giants
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A smily Rafael Devers said Tuesday he's willing to play wherever the Giants want him, including first base. So what changed? Here's the answer.
"A little bit of DH and a little bit of first base,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said about Devers's role with the team.
The win arrived in Boston's first game since the stunning trade of All-Star slugger Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants. Starting pitcher Lucas Giolito was credited with the win after throwing six shutout innings.
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A big left-handed bat, Sandoval believes Devers will thrive at Oracle Park because of its dimensions. Away from the Pesky Pole, Fenway Park has a notoriously deep right field, so Sandoval thinks it’ll be easier for Devers to pull home runs in San Francisco.
The anecdote serves to illustrate the reputation the pitcher-turned-executive has cultivated in Boston, which traded its best hitter to San Francisco on Sunday.
Losing Rafael Devers via trade, in this fashion, is an issue with fault up and down the Red Sox organization. The post Forget Mookie Betts. Rafael Devers is an organization failure to trump them all.