Welcome to Rates and barrels. It is Monday, June 16th.

Derek Van Riper, Enoceris here with you, and we've got a guest right off the top. Senior

writer covering the Giants

for the Athletic. Andrew Baggerly is here because the Giants acquired Raphael Devers on Sunday.

Words that I did not expect to say out loud in year two of a 10-year contract extension for Devers.

But here we are. Andrew, thank you so much for joining us. Yeah, sure. Great

to be on with you. It ends up being a five-player swap. Kyle Harrison, Jordan Hicks, James Tibbs

the 3rd, the Giants first rounder from last summer, and Jose Bayo, all going back to Boston.

But the first question I have for you is, how much better are the Giants today on Monday than they were just 24

hours ago with the addition of Devers?

Well, I think they're quite a bit better and they really think they're going to be better

after Matt Chapman comes back from a sprained hand, which they think is going to be, you know,

shortly before the All-Star break.

They have a position player core that is just absolutely locked in now.

I mean, they're taking on eight and a half years of Devers as contracted more than They have a position player core that is just absolutely locked in now.

I mean, they're taking on eight and a half years of Deversus's contract at more than $250 million, a little of it deferred.

But then you stack that on the $151 million six-year deal

that just gave to Matt Chapman last September.

The 182 million seven-year deal they gave to Willie Adamas in the offseason,

which at the time was the biggest guarantee they made to one player.

Obviously Devers is an even bigger one.

All of a sudden, you know, this is a group that's going to be together for a long time.

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