SF Giants’ Rafael Devers on pitcher-friendly Oracle Park: ‘It’s the same baseball. Nothing changes’

SF Giants’ Rafael Devers on pitcher-friendly Oracle Park: ‘It’s the same baseball. Nothing changes’

SANTA CLARA – Barry Bonds’ presence simply could not go unnoticed at Rafael Devers’ introductory press conference Tuesday at Oracle Park. Bonds sat in the front row amid reporters and directly in front of Devers, who was flanked on stage by Buster Posey and other Giants’ brass. “Just looking at him, my game has improved a lot,” Devers joked in Spanish about Bonds, via interpreter Erwin Higueros. The Giants expect their lineup to improve a lot as…

Giants Bulletin: Giants welcome Rafael Devers with day-long festivities and press conference at Oracle Park

Even those who waited to see it to believe it can sit back and soak it all in now. Rafael Devers is a San Francisco Giant. The Giants made the deal formally official on Tuesday afternoon at Oracle Park, introducing Devers at a very well attended press conference in a cushy club level setup before batting practice.  It was a celebratory vibe, but questions about what went wrong in Boston between the star slugger and the only organization he had e…