The Giants thought they had added the missing piece in their lineup when they acquired Rafael Devers from the Red Sox.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/giants as Should Giants Have Any Concerns With Rafael Devers Early Struggles With Team?. There was a lot of intrigue surrounding the San Francisco Giants when it was announced that they had acquired Rafael Devers from the Boston Red Sox in a shockingly unexpected move.

“It shocked the hell out of me,” agreed Red Sox reliever Liam Hendriks. “I was on the couch at home because I didn’t go on that trip, and I went, ‘Oh, [expletive]!’ I thought it was a parody.”