Rafael Devers is set to face the Boston Red Sox for the first time since they traded him to the San Francisco Giants last Sunday. One of the key issues that led to the Red Sox trading Devers was that he was unwilling to play first base for the franchise.

Devers largely stuck to his line about not wanting to discuss his final days in Boston, but he didn’t hide how pleased he was with the outcome.

SAN FRANCISCO — Rafael Devers made one point abundantly clear ahead of the Giants’ three-game series against his former team: He was not interested in talking about the past. Did Devers want to leave the Boston Red Sox? “ That’s in the past. Those are not decisions that I control.”