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Red Sox’s Rafael Devers: Launches another homer
Rafael Devers went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run in Tuesday’s 4-2 win over Minnesota.Devers continues to punish opposing pitchers, going deep for a fourth straight game. He’s 7-for-16 with five home runs and 10 RBI during that stretch. His 2-for-19 start and shoddy defense have been replaced by this dazzling display of power.
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Red Sox’s Rafael Devers: Homers twice in win
Rafael Devers went 2-for-5 with two home runs, five RBI, one walk and two strikeouts in Sunday’s 14-9 win over the Orioles.Devers capped a strong series at Camden Yards by helping to propel the Boston Red Sox to the win in Sunday’s high-scoring contest. In the three-game series against Baltimore, Devers went 6-for-13 with three home runs, nine RBI and five runs.
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Red Sox’s Rafael Devers: Stays hot at Camden Yards
Rafael Devers went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in Saturday’s 6-4 win over the Orioles.After recording only two hits in 19 at-bats through his first five starts of the season, Devers has been able to get back on track in Baltimore. Through the first two games of the series, Devers has slugged a pair of home runs while reaching base six times in total. He’ll have a good opportunity to keep the momentum going Sunday versus Orioles starter Jorge Lopez. Per Christopher Smith of The Springfield Republican, Devers is 2-for-2 with two home runs, a walk and four RBI in his three career plate appearances versus Lopez.
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Red Sox’s Rafael Devers: Busts out of slump
Rafael Devers went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer, a walk and two runs scored Thursday against the Orioles.Devers had only two hits in his first 19 at-bats entering the game, but he wasted no time slugging his first extra-base hit of the season when he took Matt Harvey deep in the opening frame. He also collected a single to lead off the sixth inning and came around to score and knot the game at three. Though his early struggles were hardly worth panicking over, it was nevertheless encouraging to see Devers get on track at the dish.
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Red Sox’s Rafael Devers: Getting rest day
Rafael Devers is out of the lineup for Sunday’s game against the Orioles, Christopher Smith of The Springfield Republican reports.As a young player who’s ostensibly healthy, Devers’ absence from the lineup for what appears to be a rest day is somewhat surprising, but manager Alex Cora may just want the 24-year-old to hit the reset button. After a poor spring in which he produced a .691 OPS over 52 at-bats, Devers went 0-for-6 in the first two games of the series with Baltimore. Marwin Gonzalez checks in for Devers at third base Sunday.
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Red Sox’s Rafael Devers: Red Sox-Orioles postponed
Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox won’t play the Orioles on Thursday after their Opening Day game was postponed due to rain, Chris Cotillo of The Springfield Republican reports.The two teams are now scheduled to play their season opener Friday, which was initially set to be an off day for both sides.
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Red Sox’s Rafael Devers: Having sluggish spring
Rafael Devers went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI in Wednesday’s spring game against Atlanta.Devers went opposite field off left-hander Max Fried in the first inning — a positive sign for the young third baseman, who had a mere .613 OPS off southpaws in 2020. Last season was a down year overall for Devers after a breakout 2019, and he’s continued to struggle during 2021 spring training, going just 3-for-18 (.167) so far. It looks like manager Alex Cora is banking on a bounce back, as Devers has hit cleanup in all seven of his Grapefruit League appearances.
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Red Sox’s Rafael Devers: Reaches deal without arbiter
Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox avoided arbitration Friday by coming to terms on a one-year, $4.575 million deal, Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports.Devers was decent but hardly dominant in 2020, posting a .263/.310/.483 slash line with career worsts in both walk rate (5.2 percent) and strikeout rate (27.0 percent). His 109 wRC+ fell roughly at the midpoint between his poor 2018 season (90 wRC+) and his strong 2019 campaign (132 wRC+). The Red Sox will be hoping that the 24-year-old’s 2019 form best represents who he’ll be going forward.
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Red Sox’s Rafael Devers: Enters as pinch hitter
Rafael Devers entered Friday’s game as a pinch hitter, played third base and went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored in an 8-7 loss to the Braves.Devers also committed his 14th error of the season, giving him an .887 fielding percentage. He’s recovered from a slow start produce a strong overall offensive season, but Devers has regressed in the field. Boston Red Sox manager Ron Roenicke told Ian Browne of MLB.com that Devers has the tools in the field but has mental lapses. Bobby Dalbec started Friday’s game at third base and is considered above-average defensively at the hot corner, better than Devers.
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Red Sox’s Rafael Devers: Day off Friday
Rafael Devers is not in the lineup Friday against Atlanta.The Boston Red Sox haven’t been in the playoff race for quite some time, so they have little reason to play their best players every day. Devers sits for this contest, though there haven’t been reports that he’s injured, so he’ll presumably return Saturday.
