It's time for SF Giants to bite the bullet and move on from Rafael Devers at all costs

It’s been a very disappointing season for the SF Giants. There isn’t any doubt about that. But when the season doesn’t go as envisioned, it’s time to have some tough, not-so-fun talks about the new direction the club needs. 

This is even more true when you can see the frustration on the team after things don't go well. After all, losing can often brings out the worst in teams. 

This all reared its ugly head on Sunday, when the Giants lost to the Miami Marlins, ending a weekend in which they were swept. In the top of the ninth, Rafael Devers walked and was pinch-run for by Jonah Cox. This is a normal move for a manager to make when down by a run and getting more speed on the bases. However, Devers didn’t want to be pulled out of the game, wagged his finger at the dugout, tried to shoo Cox away, and then yelled into his helmet after he finally came out. It was a terrible look for all involved.

Devers and Vitello tried to clear things up further ahead of Tuesday night's game and both claimed it was a misunderstanding which is not incredibly believable.

But now, after this incident, it's easy to see why the Boston Red Sox chose to move on from Devers. He isn’t a team-first guy. So if the Giants can get anything for him ahead of the trade deadline, they should try. Even if this was an isolated incident and he doesn't act up again, his numbers are still below average as he’s hitting just .238 with a .735 OPS. He’s hit 11 homers and has 36 RBIs, but it’s not what we were expecting when he was acquired. 

On the surface, it appears that he’s not doing what he’s paid to do in San Francisco, either, and that’s provide offense. Since the trade, the Giants have gone way downhill after a great start in 2025. He doesn’t help teams win because of his selfishness like this. The Giants are 63-93 since they traded for him, and now it's starting to become clear this is no coincidence. 

Giants will not have an easy time getting rid of Devers

With that being said, it’s easy to say that they should just trade him away. Well, this most recent incident, at first on Sunday, and the fact that he’s got a huge contract, may make it even harder to trade him. The bottom line here is the Giants are likely going to have to eat most of the eight years and $226 million that is left if they want to get anything back in return.

As for teams that make sense for Devers to be dealt to, the New York Mets, New York Yankees, Red Sox, and Chicago Cubs all make some sense. His contract alone means he has to be dealt to a big market team. The Mets may make the most sense because they need a first baseman and president of baseball operations Buster Posey has done business with them before. 

At this point, he has to be traded. Bryce Eldridge is the first baseman of the future, and he looks a lot smoother and more polished at first than Devers. It's time to end a Devers experiment that should have never taken place to begin with.

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