The Giants do have plenty of arms waiting in the wings at Triple-A Sacramento, a list that includes Keaton Winn, Mason Black, Trevor McDonald and the trio of Carsons: Carson Ragsdale, Carson Seymour and Carson Whisenhunt.

With his first homer as a Giant, a two-run, opposite-field shot, Devers powered San Francisco to a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox — the only major-league team Devers had known for more than a decade. In Boston, Devers blossomed into one of baseball’s best players. In San Francisco, the Red Sox can only watch their former star from afar.

Rafael Devers said he knew immediately after hitting the first home run of his San Francisco Giants career on Saturday against his former teammates on the Boston Red Sox that the ball was going out of Oracle Park.