BOSTON (WHDH) – LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Boston Pink Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday in a blockbuster deal.
Devers’ agent, Nelson Montes de Oca, confirmed that the slugger had been traded to San Francisco. ESPN reported that the package deal of gamers going again to the Pink Sox consists of starter Jordan Hicks and left-hander Kyle Harrison.
Devers, 28, is one in all baseball’s most feared hitters. He’s batting .272 with 15 homers and 58 RBIs in 73 video games after he linked for a solo drive in Boston’s 2-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday.
Devers, a three-time All-Star, agreed to a $313.5 million, 10-year contract in January 2023, however his relationship with the Pink Sox started to deteriorate when the group signed third baseman Alex Bregman throughout spring coaching.
Devers insisted he was the group’s third baseman earlier than switching to designated hitter. When Triston Casas was sidelined by a season-ending knee harm, the Pink Sox approached Devers about filling in at first base. He declined, and recommended the entrance workplace “ should do their jobs ” and search for one other participant.
A day after Devers’ feedback to the media about taking part in first, Pink Sox proprietor John Henry, group president Sam Kennedy and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow flew to Kansas City to fulfill with Devers and supervisor Alex Cora.
Bregman has been out since Could 23 with a strained right quadriceps, just like his left quad pressure that price him 58 video games for the Houston Astros in 2021.
The Pink Sox improved to 37-36 with their three-game sweep in opposition to New York. However they’re fourth within the AL East, trailing the division-leading Yankees by 6 1/2 video games.
Devers first signed with Boston as a global free agent in August 2013. He was 20 when he made his main league debut with the Pink Sox on July 25, 2017.
He helped the Pink Sox win the 2018 World Collection and led the group in RBIs for 5 consecutive seasons from 2020-24. He has completed within the high 20 in voting for AL MVP 5 occasions.
Devers isn’t the primary Pink Sox All-Star to be traded away: The group despatched Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers earlier than the 2020 season — only a yr after he gained the AL MVP award and led Boston to a franchise-record 108 wins and its fourth World Collection title since 2004.
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