For as much as some Boston Red Sox fans still wish that Rafael Devers was at the center of the Red Sox's starting lineup, there is a little bit of relief that the drama that surrounded the start of the 2025 season between Devers and the team's front office is no longer their problem. Now, like the rest of the world, Red Sox fans can look on and laugh when the diva side of Devers comes out.
Devers was the leadoff hitter for the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night for their game against the Colorado Rockies. The Rockies are trying to avoid becoming the worst team in the history of Major League Baseball, which was a benchmark set by the Chicago White Sox in 2024. So, in other words, hitting a home run against them doesn't quite have the same feel as homering against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
Nonetheless, Devers homered off Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland to open the game, and as he tends to do took a dramatic pause to admire the ball in the air at a lifeless Coors Field against a team that is simply begging for the end of the season to come. The rest was pure chaos.
Rafael Devers homers and it leads to the benches to clear and punches being thrown at Coors Field pic.twitter.com/eo3zUE7N6y
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) September 3, 2025
Red Sox fans in stitches as Rafael Devers starts a Rockies riot
Freeland very clearly took exception to Devers' gazing of his home run, and as they zoomed in on the shouting match that was taking place between the two, it's clear the former Red Sox designated hitter had some choice words for his counterpart. The shouting match led to a full-on brawl that resulted in ejections for Freeland, Willy Adames, and Matt Chapman. Honestly, the only thing that may have been more obnoxious than Devers' trot was Adames' itching at the bit to turn a baseball game into a UFC fight.
We're not saying this incident completely justifies the Red Sox side of things in terms of how the breakup happened with Devers, but it's becoming clear that he may have been more of a headache than some fans realized at the time. Now, the Giants can enjoy the Devers' show, which almost always seems to have some level of drama to it.
Perhaps the funniest part? Not once in his nine years in Boston did his famous home run trot cause an incident like this.