Mike Yastrzemski was not teammates with Rafael Devers for long, but he knows exactly what kind of person and player the slugger is.

The former Giants outfielder joined "Foul Territory" on Monday and was asked what it was like playing with Devers, whose Boston Red Sox tenure ended in controversy, for nearly two months before he was traded to the Kansas City Royals on July 31, before the MLB trade deadline.

“He was the best man. Awesome teammate ... I think he just got thrown into a weird circumstance," Yastrzemski told A.J. Pierzynski. "Sometimes as players you have to stick up for yourself and I think that’s what he tried to do. And I think the wording of it was delivered poorly. Because he’s an awesome teammate."

“He works his tail off. He tries to help everybody. If you’re facing

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