Red Sox trade star slugger Rafael Devers to Giants in unforeseen blockbuster deal

The Associated Press

· Posted: Jun 15, 2025 8:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

The Boston Red Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants connected Sunday successful a blockbuster deal.

Devers' agent, Nelson Montes de Oca, confirmed that the slugger had been traded to San Francisco. ESPN reported that the bundle of players going backmost to the Red Sox includes starter Jordan Hicks and left-hander Kyle Harrison.

Devers, 28, is 1 of baseball's astir feared hitters. He is batting .272 with 15 homers and 58 RBIs successful 73 games aft helium connected for a solo thrust successful Boston's 2-0 triumph implicit the New York Yankees connected Sunday.

Devers, a three-time All-Star, agreed to a $313.5 cardinal US, 10-year declaration successful January 2023, but his narration with the Red Sox began to deteriorate erstwhile the squad signed 3rd baseman Alex Bregman during outpouring training.

Disagreements with beforehand office

Devers insisted helium was the team's 3rd baseman earlier switching to designated hitter. When Triston Casas was sidelined by a season-ending genu injury, the Red Sox approached Devers astir filling successful astatine archetypal base. He declined, and suggested the beforehand bureau "should bash their jobs " and look for different player.

A time aft Devers' comments to the media astir playing first, Red Sox proprietor John Henry, squad president Sam Kennedy and main shot serviceman Craig Breslow flew to Kansas City to conscionable with Devers and manager Alex Cora.

The Red Sox improved to 37-36 with their three-game expanse against New York. But they are 4th successful the AL East, trailing the division-leading Yankees by 6 1/2 games.

Devers archetypal signed with Boston arsenic an planetary escaped cause successful August 2013. He was 20 erstwhile helium made his large league debut with the Red Sox connected July 25, 2017.

He helped the Red Sox triumph the 2018 World Series and led the squad successful RBIs for 5 consecutive seasons from 2020-24. He has finished successful the apical 20 successful voting for AL MVP 5 times.

Devers is not the archetypal Red Sox All-Star to beryllium traded away: The squad sent Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers earlier the 2020 play — conscionable a twelvemonth aft helium won the AL MVP grant and led Boston to a franchise-record 108 wins and its 4th World Series rubric since 2004.