Rafael Devers trade winners and losers: Giants steal Red Sox star in shock deal

GABE LACQUES Rafael Devers trade winners and losers: Giants steal Red Sox star in shock deal Portrait of Gabe LacquesGabe Lacques USA TODAY “Blockbuster mid-June trade” is almost an oxymoron in Major League Baseball. Especially involving two elite franchises, both still in contention and trying to chase down their archrivals.

That’s why the swap sending Rafael Devers from the Boston Red Sox to the San Francisco Giants is much more than a Sunday night shocker. The ramifications of this deal will be felt for the next decade, likely through both organizations, with immediate impacts that will frame the final 90 games for both playoff hopefuls.

A look at the winners and losers from perhaps the biggest, earliest trade since Mike Piazza was shipped off from the Los Angeles Dodgers in May 1998:

By Gabe Lacques
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