After recurring quarrels, the Boston Red Sox pulled a line under the chapter Rafael Devers. Both teams confirmed reports that the Red SOX will hand over the Star Slugger to the San Francisco Giants.
In return, Jordan Hicks and Kyle Harrison have two capable pitchers as well as the talents James Tibbs and Jose Bello in the legendary Fenway Park. According to Jon Heyman from the “New York Post”, Boston is also said to submit the complete contract from Devers to the Giants, which is still eight years and a good $ 254 million.
Although Devers had not publicly asked for a trade, it had long been crisis between the three-time all-star and the nine-time World Series champion. The dispute had started with the signing of gold-glove winner Alex Bregman in the Offseason, who displaced devers from the Third Base to the position as a designated hitter.
MLB: Red Sox pull the ripcord
Devers had joined, but had publicly criticized his degradation. In May there was a public conflict again when Triston Casas suffered a serious knee injury and was supposed to suddenly switch to the ridge base. Now it was apparently too much for those responsible for the Red Sox.
This season, the 28-year-old has had over 73 games so far on an OPS of .905 with 15 Homeruns and 58 RBIs. Which position he will play in San Francisco remained unclear at first. What is certain, however, is that the Giants with the two -time Silver Slugger will only get better. Giants manager Bob Melvin spoke to “NBC Sports Bay Area” of a “huge move” of those responsible. “We really needed that, it suits ourselves perfectly,” said the coach.
Boston gets promising talent
At the moment they are delivering a hot race for first place in NL West with the Los Angeles Dodgers. With a record of 41-30, the Giants have a game behind the defending champion.
The Red Sox were able to catch each other again after an intermediate low and won five victories in a row. Nevertheless, they are only in fourth place in Al East (37-36). Hicks had been replaced as a starter at the Giants at the end of May and is likely to mean reinforcement for the Bullpen in Boston.
The 28-year-old is considered one of the pitchers with the toughest throw. Harrison is only 23 years old, but has long been the best pitching talent in the entire league and has a lot of potential.