Lineups are in flux, but momentum favors Boston’s pitching depth and recent wins. The Giants may edge out the Red Sox thanks to home field and Devers’ presence, but this first meeting could be tight—totaling around 7–8 runs.

Major League Baseball was rocked by the trade that sent Rafael Devers from the Boston Red Sox to the San Francisco Giants earlier this week. Since then, Devers has made Giants debut, and the Red Sox have played their first game without him.

Playing nine innings while presuming Nico Harrison thinks the Red Sox pulled off a heist with the Rafael Devers trade … 1. Some of the rationale for trading Devers is understandable. Most of it falls somewhere between lousy and loathsome.