When manager Alex Cora was asked during spring training if he planned to bring in any Red Sox alumni -- namely David Ortiz, who later said Devers rarely responded to his messages -- he pushed back firmly on the idea.

It wasn't a series highlighted on the calendar at the beginning of the season, but it's now the showdown all of Major League Baseball is talking about. The Boston Red Sox have arrived in the City by the Bay for the weekend to take on the San Francisco Giants.

The Boston Red Sox visit the San Francisco Giants on Friday in Rafael Devers' first game against his former team since being traded.