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Rafael Devers gets to face his former team, the Red Sox, less than a week after he was traded to the San Francisco Giants when these two squads face off Friday night in the Bay Area. First pitch is 10:15 p.m. ET from Oracle Park. 

If you're interested in MLB betting, you may want to learn about some of the best available sportsbook promos that you can use when placing MLB picks or MLB player props for Red Sox vs. Giants. You also need to check out the latest projections from the SportsLine Projection Model, which simulates every MLB game 10,000 times. Here's everything you need to know about Friday's matchup between the Red Sox and Giants. 

Two youngsters will toe the slab in San Francisco Friday night as Hayden Birdsong (3-1, 2.79 ERA) starts for the Giants while rookie Hunter Dobbins (4-1, 3.74) goes for the Red Sox. Birdsong has pitched well of late since joining the starting rotation a few weeks ago, and he's been particularly good at home, where he sports a 1.78 ERA. His strikeouts prop at DraftKings Sportsbook is 5.5, with the Over at -150 and Under at +115. As for Dobbins, his strikeouts prop is 3.5 with the Over at -150 and Under at +115. The model has Birdsong finishing Under 5.5 strikeouts at 5.3 and Dobbins going Under 4.5 strikeouts at 4.4.

With all eyes on him, Devers is the betting favorite to hit a home run at +295. Next up are Wilyer Abreu (+400), Jarren Duran (+425), Mike Yastrzemski (+450), Willy Adames (+550), Heliot Ramos (+550), Marcelo Mayer (+600) and Roman Anthony (+650). 

If you're looking for other Rafael Devers props for his first game against his old team, here's what's currently available at DraftKings:

  • 1+ hits (-220)
  • 2+ hits (+260)
  • 2+ total bases (+110)
  • 1+ RBI (+140)
  • 2+ hits + home runs + RBI (-125)

The SportsLine Projection Model projects Devers to go Over 0.5 RBI and Over 1.5 total bases, both of which are rates as 4 stars and both come in at plus money.

The Giants are -130 favorites (wager $130 to win $100) on the money line in the latest SportsLine consensus odds, with the Red Sox priced at +109 (wager $100 to win $109). The total is 7.5. You can see the model's latest projections, along with expert picks for Giants-Red Sox, at SportsLine.

Here are the SportsLine model's projections for Giants vs. Red Sox on Friday.

BOSTON RED SOX at SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS | 6/20 | 10:15 p.m. ET

Money line
Pick: Giants -130
San Francisco wins in 58% of simulations, bringing value at these odds

Run line
Pick: Red Sox +1.5 (-203)
Boston covers in 65% of simulations, bringing value at these odds

Over/Under
Pick: Over 7.5 (-106)
The Over hits in 59.1% of simulations

Projected score: Giants 4.5, Red Sox 4.2