The move came as a shock to Red Sox fans still salty over the salary dump of Mookie Betts in 2020 – a year after he won the AL MVP – in a trade that yielded little in return. The team also let Xander Bogaerts leave as a free agent before deciding that Devers was the player they were willing to invest in.

The Boston Red Sox moved on from one of the faces of their franchise on Sunday, trading Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants in one of the more surprising moves in recent memory.

The San Francisco Giants swung a major trade for a star infielder Sunday in a deal with the Boston Red Sox. According to multiple reports, the Red Sox are trading Rafael Devers to the Giants, ending a saga that began in spring training when Boston's front office moved Devers to designated hitter from third base.