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.

Friends, we gather here today to mourn the passing of the "Break-Even Ball" era of the San Francisco Giants. It lasted the better part of a decade, a disenfranchising malaise of sound financial decisions and bore-inducing transactions designed to make the most fiscal sense for Giants ownership at the expense of the on-field product.

It was not exactly The Shot Heard 'Round the World, but it might as well have been. It was mid-to-late afternoon on Father's Day when the San Francisco Giants m

With Buster Posey bring the San Francisco Giants back into contention, Los Angeles Dodgers fans should be fueled by a reignited and newly competitive rivalry

Fans were restless for a move. That also meant they were restless for Posey to do something to show the Giants were no longer in the grips of the break-even-ball philosophy that defined the Farhan Zaidi era. It was the first real test for Posey in his new role.

LOS ANGELES — Buster Posey has taken his first major swing as president of baseball operations by trading for three-time All-Star third baseman and designated hitter Rafael Devers from the Boston Red Sox in an absolutely stunning deal, according to multiple reports.