Red Sox trade Rafael Devers to the Giants in a blockbuster deal

LOS ANGELES AP The Boston Red Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday in a blockbuster deal Devers agent Nelson Montes de Oca established that the slugger had been traded to San Francisco ESPN published that the package of players going back to the Red Sox includes starter Jordan Hicks and left-hander Kyle Harrison Devers is one of baseball s largest part feared hitters He is batting with homers and RBIs in games after he connected for a solo drive in Boston s - mastery over the New York Yankees on Sunday Devers a three-time All-Star agreed to a million -year contract in January but his relationship with the Red Sox began to deteriorate when the club signed third baseman Alex Bregman during spring training Devers insisted he was the club s third baseman before switching to designated hitter When Triston Casas was sidelined by a season-ending knee injury the Red Sox approached Devers about filling in at first base He declined and suggested the front office should do their jobs and look for another player A day after Devers comments to the media about playing first Red Sox owner John Henry club president Sam Kennedy and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow flew to Kansas City to meet with Devers and manager Alex Cora Bregman has been out since May with a strained right quadriceps similar to his left quad strain that cost him games for the Houston Astros in The Red Sox improved to - with their three-game sweep against New York But they are fourth in the AL East trailing the division-leading Yankees by games Devers first signed with Boston as an international free agent in August He was when he made his major league debut with the Red Sox on July He helped the Red Sox win the World Series and led the group in RBIs for five consecutive seasons from - He has finished in the top in voting for AL MVP five times Devers is not the first Red Sox All-Star to be traded away The group sent Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers before the season just a year after he won the AL MVP award and led Boston to a franchise-record wins and its fourth World Series title since AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb