Giants’ Rafael Devers stats lately could’ve been useful to Boston Red Sox, instead have San Francisco chasing wild card originally appeared on The Sporting News

The San Francisco Giants aren’t quite done yet.

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They have Rafael Devers to thank for that.

The superstar left-handed slugger, whose trade from the Boston Red Sox this season still feels like quite the shock, has finally heated up.

And with his hot stretch has come a chance for the Giants to sneak their way into the postseason.

First, the recent stats. Over his last 15 games, Devers is hitting .328 with six home runs and an OPS of 1.116.

And the Giants are on a roll, having won seven of their last 10.

They enter Friday just 1.5 games behind the New York Mets for the third and final NL Wild Card spot. The Cincinnati Reds are also 1.5 games back.

Devers has finally gotten it really rolling with that smooth lefty swing of his.

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He’s certainly had an odd season.

It began before Opening Day, with all the controversy about where he’d play in Boston after the signing of Alex Bregman.

Devers didn’t help any headlines by beginning the year 0-for-21.

But since then, his bat has been its usual self. He has a .277 average for the season with 31 home runs.

The Red Sox are set to grab a wild card spot, or maybe chase down the AL East, and they’ve been fine without Devers.

But there are few hitters in baseball as dangerous as Devers on a hot streak, and he’s on one right now.

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