The Boston Red Sox stunned the baseball world early Sunday evening when they traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants for a package that includes pitchers Kyle Harrison and Jordan Hicks.
The move came just hours after Boston completed a three-game sweep of the hated New York Yankees with a 2-0 win at Fenway Park
Devers came up big in his final game with the franchise as he hit a solo home run in the fifth inning. It was his 15th dinger of the year, and it led to the Red Sox social media team tweeting out this GIF of Devers with the caption: "That is... GONE!"
That is... GONE! pic.twitter.com/mi4lwcU65y
— Red Sox (@RedSox) June 15, 2025
Well, a few hours later that tweet took on quite a different meeting as Devers was in fact gone.
Fans were quick to pick up on that.
In more ways than one https://t.co/cCaopb1G9F
— Tyler (@Tyfit) June 15, 2025
He's literally gone smh https://t.co/vf8zbw70Bt
— Pom Castro (@pomradiohasbeen) June 15, 2025
This aged badly.. https://t.co/rCIIcaeLdW
— Emma Wilkinson (@emmss03) June 15, 2025
And so is… HE? https://t.co/OmaAkl5u1N
— 𝐀𝐒𝐇🫧🦈 (@ashelai_) June 15, 2025
amazing tweet https://t.co/KUa35rOlMf
— Abe Osheyack (@aosheyack) June 15, 2025
Aged like fine wine 🍷 https://t.co/0tCXWUY35V
— heff curry (@SpencerHeff2) June 15, 2025
The Red Sox will get to see Devers again soon, as they will play the Giants in San Francisco next weekend.
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