The giants acquired the all-star Rafael Devers of the Red Sox of the Red Sox on Sunday in an astonishing exchange which sent to a player that Boston once considered a cornerstone of franchise to a team from San Francisco who needed an offensive infusion.
Boston received the left -handed starter Kyle Harrison, the right -hander Jordan Hicks, the external prospect James Tibbs III and the right -hander of the recruit league Jose Bello.
The giants will cover the rest of the deversion contract, which will take place until 2033 and will pay him more than $ 250 million, sources said in ESPN.
Harrison was on the way to the enclosure of the lifts to warm up for the start of Sunday at the Los Angeles Dodgers when he was recalled to the clubhouse and informed of the profession. The Sean Hjelle lift was informed about 30 minutes before the first throw it would start.
“Yeah, it was a lot, and it was late. But what do you know? This is something we really needed,” said Giants manager Bob Melvin.
“To get a guy as well as devers … There are a lot of things you have to abandon for him, but that suits us perfectly. It is a left bat, a guy who can go in the other direction and knock for power in our stadium.
The trade ends the fractured relationship between Devers and the Red Sox who had deteriorated since training in the spring, when Devers fell to move from the third goal – the position he had spent his entire career – after the signing of the free agent Alex Bregman. The Red Sox did not give any foreword to Devers, which expressed its frustration before retiring and accepting to be their designated striker.
After an end -of -season injury to the first Triston Casas basic player in early May, the Red Sox asked Devers to go to the first goal. Devers refused, suggesting that the front office “should do their job” and find another player after the organization told him during training in the spring that he would be the DH for the rest of the season. The day after the comments of Devers, the owner of the Red Sox John Henry, President Sam Kennedy and the Director of Baseball Craig Breslow flew to Kansas City, where Boston was playing, to speak with devers.
During the weeks that followed, the refusal to play first led to an internal tension and helped facilitate the agreement, sources said.
“Everyone around the league, I think, be careful. When a team has a sort of drama like that, with a player like Devers – he was essentially the face of the franchise,” said the Giants Willy Adames stop in an interview on the field during the ESPN broadcast of the Sunday game.
San Francisco jumped – and added a force to an offense that ranks 15th in points marked in the major baseball league. Devers, 28 years old, strikes .272 / .401 / .504 with 15 circuits and 58 points produced, equally for MLB. During his nine -year career, Devers reached. 279 / .349 / .509 with 215 circuits and 696 points produced in 1,053 games.
Boston believed enough to give him an extension of a contract of $ 313.5 million over 10 years in January 2023. He rewarded the Red Sox with a Silver Slugger Prize this season and did his third team of stars in 2024.
Whether he is hitting a hitter or a first goal with San Francisco – The Giants signed the third Gold Gold Matt Chapman Base Player to a six -year -old $ 151 million contract last year – is unknown.
“It’s a conversation for me, Bob and [general manager] Zack [Minasian] To get with him, “said Giants of the Giants of Baseball Buster Posey on Sunday evening.
But San Francisco looked for more for its bat, the one that immediately makes the Giants – who fight for the supremacy of the National League with the Dodgers – a better team.
“We are delighted to add one of the best strikers from the major baseball league to our alignment,” said Posey. “We obviously take a lot of dollars, but there is a conviction that adding a guy like this puts us in good position to continue winning ball games, entering the playoffs and trying to win a world series, which is our ultimate goal.”
To add, the giants gave a pack of young talents and concluded a contract that the models of several teams had as a submarine.
“It’s hard to lose [Harrison and Hicks]”The giant launcher, Logan Webb, said:” But we bring a guy who changes programming, which is probably a top 10 striker in baseball each year.
“Whenever you add a player of this caliber, I think you give yourself a chance every day. I don’t know where he is going to hit, but I don’t think it really counts. The guy is a simple and simple stallion. I am excited about this.”
Harrison, 23, is the price of the agreement for the Red Sox, in particular for a team filled with young talents that strike but hungry for young pitching. Formerly considered one of the best prospects for pitching baseball, Harrison commissioned between San Francisco and Triple-A Sacramento this season.
He has an MPM of 4.48 out of 182⅔ heats since his beginnings with the Giants in 2023. He withdrew 178, walked 62 and granted 30 circuits.
The Red Sox opted for Harrison to Triple-A Worcester after the announcement of the trade.
Hicks, 28, who has changed between the starter and the lifter since his signature with the Giants for four years and $ 44 million before the 2024 season, is on the injured list due to the inflammation of the right toes. One of the most difficult baseball launchers, Hicks has an MPM of 6.47 in 48 rounds this season. He could reach the enclosure of the Red Sox difficulties in difficulty, which Breslow sought to upgrade.
Tibbs, 22, was selected by the Giants with the 13th choice in the draft of last year in the state of Florida. Tibbs of 6 feet and 200 pounds, Tibbs spent the season at High-A, where he struck .245 / .377 / .480 with 12 circuits and 32 points produced in 56 games. The scouts praise his command of the striking area – he has 41 walks and 45 stick withdrawals in 252 appearances on the plates – but wonder if his swing will result in higher levels.
Bello, 20, spent the season as a lifter of the Rookie League of the Giants subsidiary. In 18 rounds, he withdrew 28 years and walked three by displaying an MPM of 2.00.
The agreement is the last in which Boston has sent a central franchise player.
Boston exchanged Mookie Betts in Dodgers in February 2020, a year more than a year after led Boston to a victory of 108 franchise victories and in a title of the World Series and won the MVP Prize of the American League.
Devers was part of this winning team from the World Series in 2018 and directed the Red Sox in Rbis each season from 2020 to 2024, obtaining MVP Al votes in each of the last four years. Devers had been with the Red Sox since 2013, when he signed as an international free amateur agent of the Dominican Republic. He made his debut four years later at the age of 20.
Boston put on his young talents to replace the production of delay. The Red Sox regularly play four recruits – the Infielders Kristian Campbell and Marcelo Mayer, the Voltueur Roman Anthony and the receiver Carlos Narvaez – and the inner field player Franklin Arias and the voltiseur Jhostynxon Garcia should contribute in the years to come.
The information from the Associated Press was included in this report.
