Three months ago, the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants agreed to the biggest and most surprising trade of Major League Baseball's season. Generally, massive deals tend to be preceded by rumblings about a team's interest, if nothing else. That wasn't the case on June 15, when the Giants acquired All-Star slugger Rafael Devers as part of a five-player swap that included right-hander Jordan Hicks , lefty Kyle Harrison , and outfield prospect James Tibbs .
All things considered, three months isn't a particularly long time in baseball, not in a sport that regularly hands out contracts that stretch beyond a decade at a time. Still, it's fair to write that a lot has changed in the past 92 days. With that in mind, I'm here today to check in on how both sides have fared to date