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ESPN News Services
Jun 15, 2025, 07:14 PM ET
The San Francisco Giants are acquiring All-Star slugger Rafael Devers from the Boston Red Sox successful a stunning determination Sunday evening.
The Giants are sending starter Jordan Hicks, 23-year-old lefty Kyle Harrison, outfield imaginable James Tibbs and different prospect, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.
Devers' agent, Nelson Montes de Oca, confirmed the Giants were acquiring the Red Sox star.
Devers, 28, is successful the 2nd play of a 10-year, $313.5 cardinal declaration helium signed to enactment successful Boston successful January 2023. The Red Sox volition not nonstop immoderate wealth to screen the remaining $250 million-plus connected Devers' contract, sources said.
A three-time All-Star, Devers' narration with the squad suffered a important stroke this outpouring aft the erstwhile starting 3rd baseman was reportedly blindsided by a determination 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.
Hicks and Harrison springiness a pitching-starved Red Sox squad much extent connected their unit portion Devers provides a immense boost to the Giants' struggling offense.
Devers, 1 of baseball's astir feared hitter, 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.
He 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.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
