The Rafael Devers trade, a year later: A seismic deal that has been a dud for both the Giants and Red Sox
It's been a year since the Boston Red Sox made a franchise-altering trade that shocked the baseball world. They sent their homegrown World Series champion, Rafael Devers, to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for a package of players. One year later, the deal has been a dud for both teams, with both the Red Sox and Giants struggling to find their footing.
The Red Sox, who never replaced Devers' bat, have one of the league's worst offenses. Their math said to move on from Devers and to only go so far on Bregman, but they're still worse off. The Giants, on the other hand, have a mediocre Devers and a mostly unimproved bullpen, and their rotation ERA is a lot closer to the Rockies' than the Dodgers'.
The deal has been a disappointment for both teams, with the Red Sox failing to replace Devers' bat in a meaningful way and the Giants struggling to find their footing with a mediocre Devers and a mostly unimproved bullpen.
The Giants gave up a lot of financial and positional flexibility when they took on the Devers contract, and the Red Sox traded away Devers and not replaced his bat in a meaningful way. The deal has been a disaster for both teams, with the Red Sox failing to improve their offense and the Giants struggling to find their footing with a mediocre Devers and a mostly unimproved bullpen.
The Giants are in the earliest stages of the massive contract they took off the Red Sox's books, and Devers is owed more than $220 million over the next 7 1/2 seasons. The Red Sox, on the other hand, have pulled an about-face too often to count, and the franchise is in the midst of one of its worst stretches in recent memory.
The deal has been a disappointment for both teams, with the Red Sox failing to replace Devers' bat in a meaningful way and the Giants struggling to find their footing with a mediocre Devers and a mostly unimproved bullpen. The Giants gave up a lot of financial and positional flexibility when they took on the Devers contract, and the Red Sox traded away Devers and not replaced his bat in a meaningful way.
