Will Clark had told the story of Devers not coming out to practice with him not once, but three times during his first series in San Francisco. Clark told the story on his podcast with Eric Byrnes a week ago and even said he understood why Devers didn't come out to work with him.

Three weeks into the Rafael Devers era, the San Francisco Giants find themselves sitting in the third wild-card spot even though Devers has been merely solid rather than great through 20 games. He's hitting .240/.348/.387 with two home runs for the Giants after slashing .272/.401/.504 with 15 homers in 73 games with the Boston Red Sox.

History could be repeating itself for Rafael Devers and the Giants, and not in a good way. San Francisco acquired the star slugger in a blockbuster trade with the Boston Red Sox last month, but Devers might already have gotten off on the wrong foot with one Giants legend.