Tributaries will branch their way out from the headwaters of the Rafael Devers trade for years to come, and over that time, the San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox organizations will be linked.
The transaction shocked the baseball world, drawing ire, praise, skepticism from both fanbases. From those in the industry, the trade to seemed to favor the Giants in the present, but has the potential to swing for the Red Sox dependent on how prospects develop, the addition of a third pitch by Kyle Harrison, and how Boston’s front office invests all the money they just freed up by unloading a multi-million dollar contract.