Look away, Pink Sox Nation — Rafael Devers is including insult to damage for followers who’re devastated by his departure.
Talking to Boston media earlier than the Giants and Pink Sox start a three-game set at Oracle Park Friday evening, he was requested when was the final time he was this blissful, and the brand new Big replied: “It’s been a long time. … I feel happy. I’m relaxed now.”
That might appear to be a transparent shot at Boston, which traded Devers to San Francisco on Sunday after a season stuffed with pressure between the 2 sides.
On Friday, Devers declined to say a lot else in regards to the finish of his tenure in Boston, repeatedly saying he doesn’t need to discuss in regards to the previous.
Friday’s sport will mark Devers’ first sport in opposition to his former group.
The star slugger’s relationship with Boston started to bitter earlier than this season, when the group signed Alex Bregman, who performs third base, the place Devers had performed in his earlier eight seasons with the Pink Sox.
Devers moved to DH to accommodate Bregman, though he was not initially thrilled at having to take action.
Then, when Pink Sox first baseman Triston Casas went down with a season-ending damage, Devers refused to shift from DH to first.
Devers did say Friday that he would have been keen to play first base for the Sox if the group had requested throughout spring coaching, however Casas was wholesome at that time and Boston had no want for him on the place.
In line with Giants supervisor Bob Melvin, the three-time All-Star will play some first base with San Francisco, though he has remained at DH in his first few video games along with his new group.
In his first three video games with San Francisco, Devers has gone 3-for-11 with one RBI.
He’ll certainly be trying to make an announcement by crushing his first house run with the Giants this weekend in opposition to the Pink Sox, who took two of three video games from the Mariners of their first sequence after the blockbuster commerce.
