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Giants Offense Has Shockingly Cratered Since Arrival of Rafael Devers

Rafael Devers has not boosted the San Francisco Giants offense since arriving.
Brad Wakai|
Jul 12, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants designated hitter Rafael Devers (16) walks to the dugout after grounding out against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the sixth inning at Oracle Park
Jul 12, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants designated hitter Rafael Devers (16) walks to the dugout after grounding out against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the sixth inning at Oracle Park | Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images

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Rafael Devers was supposed to boost the offense of the San Francisco Giants.

Since he's arrived, he's done anything but that.

Devers is slashing .208/.322/.327 in 28 games for the Giants, including a 1-for-4 effort in the series finale on Sunday where San Francisco was swept by the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Slumps happen, and the star slugger has shown he can get out of his and perform like one of the best hitters in the game. But it's safe to say this is not what the Giants envisioned when they put together the trade package it took to bring Devers to town.

Perhaps more alarmingly than just his poor performance is just how bad the team overall has looked at the plate since he's arrived.

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Bob Nightengale of USA Today highlighted that before Sunday's game, and it did not paint a pretty picture about what's going on in San Francisco.

"The Giants' offense has gone belly-up since Devers' arrival. They were 41-31, and ranked 14th in MLB in runs scored before the trade, and since are just 11-16 and 27th in runs scored," he wrote.

That's shocking.

Conventional wisdom would suggest a lineup would improve when adding someone of his caliber, since it would be lengthened and put solid hitters throughout the order. But for some reason, that has not been the effect for this group.

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That could change, and it likely will.

But it's still shocking to see just how bad Devers and this entire offense has performed since that blockbuster deal, something almost nobody expected to be the case based on how hot he was at the plate before he got traded.

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Brad Wakai
BRAD WAKAI

Brad Wakai graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Journalism. While an undergrad, he did work at the student radio station covering different Penn State athletic programs like football, basketball, volleyball, soccer and other sports. Brad currently is the Lead Contributor for Nittany Lions Wire of Gannett Media where he continues to cover Penn State athletics. He is also a contributor at FanSided, writing about the Philadelphia 76ers for The Sixers Sense. Brad is the host of the sports podcast I Said What I Said, discussing topics across the NFL, College Football, the NBA and other sports. You can follow him on Twitter: @bwakai

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