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When the San Francisco Giants pulled off the blockbuster trade to land Rafael Devers from the Boston Red Sox last year, it already looked like a win for the Bay Area. Now, with the Red Sox offloading Jordan Hicks to the White Sox, that deal is aging even better for San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Boston sent Hicks to Chicago in exchange for minor league pitcher Gage Ziehl and a player to be named later. The White Sox are also picking up most of what\u2019s left on Hicks\u2019 contract. For the Red Sox, it\u2019s a clear sign they were ready to move on.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s not hard to see why. Hicks struggled mightily in Boston, posting an 8.20 ERA over 21 appearances.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a tough look in any market, but especially in Boston, where the fanbase doesn\u2019t exactly hand out participation trophies. The right-hander\u2019s stint in Beantown was brief and brutal.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s rewind for a second. The Giants originally signed Hicks ahead of the 2024 season with an ambitious plan: convert the flamethrower from a late-inning reliever into a starting pitcher.<\/p>\n

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Early returns were promising. Hicks looked sharp through the first month of the season, and the experiment seemed like a stroke of genius.<\/p>\n

But the physical toll started to show. His velocity dipped, his command wavered, and by the end of the year, he was back in the bullpen.<\/p>\n

Still, the Giants gave it another shot in 2025, putting Hicks back into the rotation. This time, the results weren\u2019t there from the jump.<\/p>\n

He struggled out of the gate and was eventually replaced by Hayden Birdsong. Not long after that, Hicks was packaged in the deal that brought Devers to San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Now, just one year later, Hicks is out of Boston, and the Red Sox are left with only two of the four players they received in the Devers trade: Kyle Harrison and Jose Bello.<\/p>\n

James Tibbs III, another piece of the deal, was flipped to the Dodgers at last season\u2019s trade deadline in exchange for Dustin May, who\u2019s now with the Cardinals. So, in essence, the trade has distilled down to Harrison for Devers – and that\u2019s a swap the Giants will happily live with.<\/p>\n

Sure, Harrison has the tools to develop into a quality big league starter. Maybe even a front-line guy down the road.<\/p>\n

But Devers is already that guy<\/em>. He brings the kind of left-handed power and presence in the middle of the lineup that the Giants have been missing for years.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s not just a bat – he\u2019s the<\/em> bat. And when he gets going, he can change the tone of a game with one swing.<\/p>\n

Adding to Boston\u2019s woes, Alex Bregman\u2019s departure in free agency only made things worse. It was the Red Sox\u2019s decision to sign Bregman and shift Devers into a designated hitter role that helped spark the tension leading to his exit. Now, Bregman\u2019s gone, Devers is thriving in San Francisco, and Boston\u2019s left trying to pick up the pieces.<\/p>\n

Time will tell how this trade looks in the long run, especially if Harrison blossoms into a star. But as things stand today, the Giants are looking like clear winners.<\/p>\n

They got the impact bat they needed, and Boston\u2019s return is already thinning out. That\u2019s the kind of deal that can reshape a team\u2019s trajectory – and right now, San Francisco is walking tall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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