ESPN MLB insider Buster Olney revealed exactly where the relationship between the Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox became irreparable before the San Francisco Giants pounced to acquire him.

SAN FRANCISCO — Rafael Devers made one point abundantly clear ahead of the Giants’ three-game series against his former team: He was not interested in talking about the past. Did Devers want to leave the Boston Red Sox? “ That’s in the past. Those are not decisions that I control.”

Xander Bogaerts was surprised, like many in the baseball world, when he found out his former teammate Rafael Devers was headed out west.