Winnow SF! A total of 214 home runs, 428.7 billion big guns, and 3rd baseman, Lee Jung-hoo and Bob Boston, one player, gave up two trade starters

Jun 16, 2025

Winnow SF! A total of 214 home runs, 428.7 billion big guns, and 3rd baseman, Lee Jung-hoo and Bob Boston, one player, gave up two trade starters
Boston Red Sox Raphael Degers was traded to the San Francisco Giants in a surprise move. AP Yonhap News



Winnow SF! A total of 214 home runs, 428.7 billion big guns, and 3rd baseman, Lee Jung-hoo and Bob Boston, one player, gave up two trade starters
Boston Red Sox Rafael Devers hits a solo home run in the ninth inning against the New York Yankees on the 9th (Korea time). ImagesYonhap News
It's a shocking trade.

The San Francisco Giants signed Boston Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers in a surprise move.

MLB.com reported on the 16th (Korea time) 'Res Sox handed down star slugger Rafael Devers to San Francisco and made a trade to receive Jordan Hicks and Kyle Harrison.




Devers, from the Dominican Republic, is Boston's leading hitter and made his major league debut in 2017 and played third base until last year, before serving as the designated hitter this season.

He has played in 72 games until the 15th of this season and has been in peak condition with a batting average of 0.271 (73 hits in 269 times at bat), 14 homers, 57 RBIs, 46 points, 55 walks, and an OPS of 0.894. In January 2023, he signed a 10-year extension contract with Boston for 313.5 million dollars (about 428.7 billion won) and was guaranteed his status until 2033.

The trade came shortly after Matt Chapman, San Francisco's main hitter and third baseman, was injured. Chapman was retroactively applied to the 10th due to a sprained right hand and was listed on the 10-day IL. It is virtually impossible to return to the team in the first half of the year. Devers will take over as third baseman and center hitter.




Winnow SF! A total of 214 home runs, 428.7 billion big guns, and 3rd baseman, Lee Jung-hoo and Bob Boston, one player, gave up two trade starters
Rafael Devers hits a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning against the New York Yankees on the 16th (Korea time) and high-fives with Ronnie Gonzalez. ImagesYonhap News
But fundamentally, the conflict between Boston and Devers is the direct cause of the trade. The two sides have clashed over the position change as Boston recruited FA third baseman Alex Bregman last winter and Devers was pushed out of third base, which is nothing short of his pride.

MLB.com reported that Devers, who has been the face of the Boston franchise since his debut in 2017, refused to take a step back when the Boston club that recruited Bregman last offseason asked him to transfer him to designated hitter.

Another media outlet ESPN reported that the Red Sox asked Devers to take over as first baseman after Casas was out for the season, but he refused and instead suggested the club look for another playerRed Sox owners John Henry and Craig Breslow flew to Kansas City to meet Devers and manager Alex Cora in an away game to discuss the trade issue after the news was released through the media.




In other words, the two sides met and agreed to a trade smoothly.

Winnow SF! A total of 214 home runs, 428.7 billion big guns, and 3rd baseman, Lee Jung-hoo and Bob Boston, one player, gave up two trade starters
San Francisco third baseman Matt Chapman looks painful as he touches his right hand during the attack in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Atlanta Braves on the 9th (Korea time).
San Francisco will have to take over Devers' contract as it is and pay about $250 million for the remaining eight years and four months.

However, San Francisco is fiercely competing with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres in the NL West this season, and it is said that it has added to the weight of its batters by recruiting a top-class left-handed slugger. Devers has a career batting average of 0.279, 214 homers, 695 RBIs, an on-base percentage of 0.349, a slugging percentage of 0.509 and an OPS of 0.858. Three-time All-Star, two-time Silver Slugger also shines through his career.

Since Chapman will be out for about a month, Devers will go into third base and hit fourth. Coincidentally, San Francisco will bring Boston home to play three consecutive games from the 21st to the 23rd. As soon as Devers leaves 'Friendship', he meets the enemy again.

For Boston, it is analyzed that it succeeded in strengthening its rotation by recruiting third and fourth pre-issuing pitchers in exchange for clearing out big-name players who were opposed to the club's direction. MLB.com added 'Boston strengthened its starting lineup behind ace Garrett Crochet by receiving Hicks and Harrison. Hicks is a starter who can play multiple innings, and Harrison, 23, is a former prospect who ranked 11th in the 2023 MLB Pipeline Rankings, he explained.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.