Rafael Devers embraces new role with Giants after shocking Red Sox trade

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Rafael Devers is starting his tenure with the San Francisco Giants on the right foot, and it began with him saying all the right things at his first news conference. 

Devers, putting on his new jersey for the first time since shockingly being traded by the Boston Red Sox, was introduced to Bay Area media Tuesday ahead of his first game. 

Devers was in the lineup as the team’s designated hitter, and the one big question about his new MLB chapter was where the Giants planned on playing him. 

Matt Chapman, a Gold Glover, is cemented at third base, Devers' natural position.

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The San Francisco Giants' Rafael Devers warms up before a game against the Cleveland Guardians in San Francisco Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

But Devers doesn’t mind where he plays with his new squad. 

"I’m here to give my 100%," he said through an interpreter Tuesday. "I don’t put any buts. They’re the men in charge. 

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"I am here to play wherever they want me to play."

This is a different tone than Devers took all season with the Red Sox, which began when they signed Alex Bregman, another Gold Glove third baseman, to presumably start the year at the hot corner. 

That’s exactly what happened for Alex Cora’s team after Devers publicly said he wasn’t going to give up third base to Bregman in spring training. After conversations with Cora and the front office, he changed his tune. But it went escalated again when Triston Casas, the team’s starting first baseman, was lost for the