Rafael Devers has at all times been a person of few phrases, however he has possible by no means been much less considering speaking to members of the media than he was Friday.
Devers, who was traded to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday, spoke for a not-inconsiderable period of time within the house dugout at Oracle Park, fielding questions forward of Friday’s series-opening matchup with the Boston Pink Sox. It’s protected to imagine he knew what sort of questions had been coming, however that doesn’t imply he spent any time prepping solutions.
Did you count on something apart from that, although?
“I already mentioned, that’s prior to now,” Devers mentioned, dodging the majority of questions referring to essentially the most stunning commerce in current baseball historical past. “I actually don’t need to discuss it. I need to focus on what’s sooner or later for me.”
It’s fairly uncommon {that a} participant finally ends up taking part in his former membership inside every week of being traded to the other coast and a wholly completely different league, although.
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Devers even needed to admit that a lot, doing so whereas additionally sharing some information which may assist ease the ache for followers of his former membership.
“I noticed them. I spent a while with them,” Devers mentioned of his former teammates. “It’s form of unusual to see them so quickly.”
The Pink Sox and Giants will compete within the highly-anticipated reunion sport on Friday, with first pitch scheduled for 10:15 p.m. ET, following an hour of pregame protection on NESN.
