Kyle Harrisons evolution proof Giants blew Rafael Devers trade: It sucked

MILWAUKEE — Scoreboard: Kyle Harrison 3, Rafael Devers 0.There’s one clear winner from the biggest blockbuster of last season, and it certainly isn’t the Giants, Devers or his former team, the Red Sox.It’s the guy who struck out the slugger he was traded for three times in their first time facing off Tuesday night.An added bonus: Harrison gets to ride the good vibes of the Brewers, who improved to 37-21 with their 8-3 win behind the Bay Area kid while the two teams that swung the deal last June wallow a combined 24 games below .500.And, oh by the way, he’s a shoo-in to make his first All-Star appearance next month.“It’s been good vibes here from day one,” Harrison said after flummoxing his former team to the tune of one run and a dozen punchouts, maintaining a 1.57 ERA that is lower than any Brewers pitcher in his first 11 starts with the club besides C.C.

Sabathia during his iconic stretch in 2008. The loss dropped the Giants to 63-88 since Buster Posey declared “It’s time to go” after sending Harrison to Boston with two other prospects for Devers last June.“I think anytime you’re giving up young talent, it’s a bit uncomfortable,” general manager Zack Minasian said this week.“In almost all cases it comes back to what you’re getting in return.”The Giants were 10 games over .500 at the time and determined Devers was worth the price.Harrison was warming up in the bullpen when he learned his hometown team had traded him.“It sucked getting traded that day,” Harrison said, almost a year later.

“I remember it.”Between then and now Harrison was optioned back to Triple-A by the Red Sox (“Like, no but really, what’s going on? My head was spinning for a little”) and then traded to Milwaukee a few months later for Caleb Durbin in a deal that looks even worse than the first one he was a part of.As the club’s onetime top prospect, a local kid heralded as their future ace, Harrison said he “used that as fuel,” which was s...