As the San Francisco Giants’ pursuit of Rafael Devers is dissected, the process of acquiring the slugger started with a question via text.

It stinks that Kyle Harrison isn’t on the Giants anymore. For all of the justified excitement and hubbub about Rafael Devers, the loss of an exciting and promising homegrown pitcher is impossible to ignore.

Rafael Devers strolled into the clubhouse side-by-side with home run king Barry Bonds, a fellow left-handed slugger who San Francisco’s new big hitter has long admired from afar.