Rafael Devers embraces new role with Giants after shocking Red Sox trade

Rafael Devers is starting his tenure with the San Francisco Giants connected the close foot, and it began with him saying each the close things astatine his archetypal quality conference. 

Devers, putting connected his caller jersey for the archetypal clip since shockingly being traded by the Boston Red Sox, was introduced to Bay Area media Tuesday up of his archetypal game. 

Devers was successful the lineup arsenic the team’s designated hitter, and the 1 large question astir his caller MLB chapter was wherever the Giants planned connected playing him. 

Matt Chapman, a Gold Glover, is cemented astatine 3rd base, Devers' earthy position.

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The San Francisco Giants' Rafael Devers warms up earlier a crippled against the Cleveland Guardians successful San Francisco Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

But Devers doesn’t caput wherever helium plays with his caller squad. 

"I’m present to springiness my 100%," helium said done an interpreter Tuesday. "I don’t enactment immoderate buts. They’re the men successful charge. 

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"I americium present to play wherever they privation maine to play."

This is simply a antithetic code than Devers took each play with the Red Sox, which began erstwhile they signed Alex Bregman, different Gold Glove 3rd baseman, to presumably commencement the twelvemonth astatine the blistery corner. 

That’s precisely what happened for Alex Cora’s squad aft Devers publically said helium wasn’t going to springiness up 3rd basal to Bregman successful outpouring training. After conversations with Cora and the beforehand office, helium changed his tune. But it went escalated again erstwhile Triston Casas, the team’s starting archetypal baseman, was mislaid for the remainder of the year. 

The San Francisco Giants' Rafael Devers speaks astatine a quality league earlier a crippled against the Cleveland Guardians successful San Francisco Tuesday, June 17, 2025.  (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Devers publically revealed helium wouldn’t beryllium playing archetypal base, preferring to stay the full-time designated hitter. 

While determination was a rift betwixt Devers and the beforehand office, helium reportedly did not privation to beryllium traded. Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow spoke to the media Monday aft the blockbuster deal, saying the squad "had a antithetic imaginativeness for him going guardant than helium had."

"We couldn’t get there, what we felt we needed from him, that would beryllium successful the champion involvement of the shot club," Breslow said.

Devers signed a 10-year woody worthy $313.5 cardinal successful January 2023 to beryllium a Red Sox cornerstone.

The San Francisco Giants' Rafael Devers smiles astatine a quality league earlier a crippled betwixt the Giants and the Cleveland Guardians successful San Francisco Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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But the Giants, who presume each fiscal responsibilities for the remainder of that deal, are excited to spot what Devers tin bring successful a loaded NL West.

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