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Red Sox Celebratory Tweet About Rafael Devers Took on New Meaning After Trade

Andy Nesbitt

Rafael Devers has been traded to the Giants.
Rafael Devers has been traded to the Giants. / Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images
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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!"

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.

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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ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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