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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Rafael Devers Takes First-Base Reps After Report He Spurned Giants Legend. San Francisco Giants designated hitter Rafael Devers is on the other side of the country from his old team, the Boston Red Sox—and yet New England's view of Devers continues to follow him around.

"Will Clark was there to work on ground balls with him at first base, and Raffy didn’t show up. So, that’s the person these guys have been dealing with for a long time.” The post Rafael Devers brushed off first-base workouts with Giants great appeared first on Boston.

Three weeks into the Rafael Devers era, the San Francisco Giants find themselves sitting in the third wild-card spot even though Devers has been merely solid rather than great through 20 games. He's hitting .