Giants, Red Sox facing the 'Curse of Rafael Devers'
Did anyone get better from this trade?
Giants, Red Sox facing the 'Curse of Rafael Devers' originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Boston Red Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants almost a year ago.
And at the moment, both teams are sputtering. The Giants rank last in baseball in runs scored through April 1, with 14. In second-to-last place?
The Red Sox, with 17. One popular baseball account on X has called it 'The Curse of Rafael Devers': The only team that has scored fewer runs than the Red Sox this season (17) is the Giants (14). The Curse of Rafael Devers?
— nugget chef (@jayhaykid) April 2, 2026 MORE: Terrance Gore's son honors dad with perfect first pitch Of course, it's much too simplistic to just point this to being a Devers thing. For the Giants, he's just one spot in a lineup of nine guys who are essentially all scuffling out of the gates this season. The Red Sox may miss Devers, to an extent, but they've got a lot of strong bats, too.