Rafael Devers has settled in with the San Francisco Giants. He was just named co-National League Player of the Month after hitting .291 with nine home runs in August.

His new teammates appear to have taken to him, too. On Tuesday, Devers crushed a ball to right field against the Colorado Rockies for a home run. As he was rounding the bases , Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland had words for him. Devers chirped back, and the benches cleared.

The ball was a moonshot; it had a 43-degree launch angle, sending it higher than most home runs. It’s fair to say that Devers admired his work, but Freeland was the instigator. One angle shows that Devers didn’t begin to look at Freeland until after the pitcher started yelling at him.

Devers hadn’t even reached second base when the benches cleared and jo

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