The earthquake change struck National League West last week when Boston Red Sox star Rafael Dever was traded to the San Francisco giants ahead of the team’s series finale with the Los Angeles .
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The deal shocked executives around the league, and appears to have been the case for the front office.
Bill Shaykin of the Los Angeles Times provided insight into the availability of devers.
“Andrew Friedman said he had never heard of them,” Shaikin wrote.
Perhaps the are expected to be the first designated batsman in San Francisco basehand so they have not been contacted by the Red Sox regarding Devers. Freddie Freeman and Shohai Otani take those positions in Los Angeles, so Boston appears to be avoiding them with the .
The scored 7 of nine games in 10-game stretches, and the team was tasked with facing the Giants and San Diego Padres twice. The currently have a 4.5-game lead with the Giants, leading the Division’s Padres six games.
Friedman has made abundantly clear that winning the NL West is a top priority when the cut two longest players in a week. Friedman mentioned the tight division race as a reason to let go of Chris Taylor and Austin Burns.
“So the decision was very difficult. The conversation was tough. But where we are, the division race, the roster competition, everything is everything,” Friedman said in May. “We felt that this was the ‘ biggest concern, and that they were in a position to win many games and win the World Series this year to the fullest.”
Now the Giants have one of the best batsmen in baseball. The will then face San Francisco and its latest star, Deverse in July.
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