Rafael Devers reacts to Red Sox exec’s ‘pick up a glove’ comment

Rafael Devers was traded to the Giants in June 2025. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)Rafael Devers might be clubbing pitches into McCovey Cove instead of denting the Green Monster moving forward.

But the now-Giants slugger’s fractured relationship with the Red Sox and the drama that led to a shocking trade last June remains a key talking point entering spring training.

Speaking to The Boston Globe’s Pete Abraham on Sunday, Red Sox chairman Tom Werner was upfront when asked to reflect on Devers’ final months with Boston.

“I don’t like to speak ill of any player. I’d like to say that he’s a wonderful person,” Werner told Abraham. “But, of course, when we had an injury at first base his unwillingness…