Overview

• The Red Sox sent Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on June 15, acquiring pitchers Kyle Harrison and Jordan Hicks along with prospects James Tibbs and Jose Bello.
• The Giants will assume Devers’s remaining 10-year, $313.5 million contract, covering all salary obligations through 2033.
• The move severs Boston’s ties to its longest-tenured hitter since 2017 and leaves the roster without any members of the 2018 World Series team.
• Tensions escalated after Devers resisted moving from third base to designated hitter and declined to play first base following Triston Casas’s season-ending injury.
• Young players such as Roman Anthony and Marcelo Mayer are expected to take on more prominent roles with the roster changes.