Rafael Devers Looking For New Mentor In Giants Legend

Rafael Devers has two games as a member of the San Francisco Giants under his belt. He’s yet to hit a home run, but he has already recorded a double and an RBI. Changing organizations after so long with one can be difficult; usually, help is welcome.

Devers is looking for advice from a Giants legend, Barry Bonds, on how to do that. According to Chris Cotillo, he hasn’t made the connection just yet, though.

The Giants legend likely has good advice to offer Devers. Bonds spent 15 seasons in San Francisco and was the most dominant hitter in baseball. He amassed 586 home runs for the Giants while maintaining a .312 batting average.

“I haven’t had the courage to talk to him,” Devers said. “I’m going to work on it slowly so that I become very comfortable with him and he becomes very comfortable with me.”

Oracle Park couldn’t be much more different than Fenway. The major difference is the left field wall. The Giants’ stadium isn’t home to the famously large left field wall that Devers spent years abusing for doubles.

Directly down the right field line in Oracle is very short, only Fenway is shorter, but the wall is very tall and angles out in a way that increases the distance rapidly. Devers will have to tap into his pullside power to get balls out to right.

Oracle Park is a difficult stadium for offenses, particularly lefties. The Statcast Park factor places the stadium as the second most difficult for lefties to hit home runs in, only behind the Royals’ Kauffman Stadium.

With Bonds’ help, Devers should be putting balls in McCovey Cove in no time.