RAFAEL DEVERS NEWS

Rafael Devers is looking forward to seeing Xander Bogaerts, even in a different uniform - The Boston Globe "It’s going to feel a little bit weird because we spent so much time together playing here with the Red Sox,” Devers said.

MAY 18, 2023 • BOSTONGLOBE.COM

Rafael Devers' RBI double | 05/17/2023 Rafael Devers lofts a ball down the right-field line for an RBI double, giving the Red Sox a 10-1 lead in the bottom of the 5th inning

MAY 18, 2023 • MLB.COM

Rafael Devers' RBI single | 05/17/2023 Rafael Devers smokes a single into center field to score Justin Turner, giving the Red Sox a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st inning

MAY 18, 2023 • MLB.COM

Rafael Devers' RBI double | 05/15/2023 Rafael Devers slashes an RBI double down the left-field line, driving in the Red Sox's first run of the game to make it 5-1

MAY 16, 2023 • MLB.COM

Rafael Devers' RBI single | 05/14/2023 Rafael Devers rips a single on a line drive to right field, driving home Alex Verdugo to put Boston on the board and tie up the game 1-1

MAY 15, 2023 • MLB.COM

Rafael Devers' RBI single | 05/13/2023 Rafael Devers hits an RBI single to left field to give the Red Sox a 1-0 lead over the Cardinals in the bottom of the 1st inning

MAY 13, 2023 • MLB.COM

Rafael Devers' game-tying double | 05/12/2023 Rafael Devers knocks a ground-rule double to right-center field, tying the game at 5 in the bottom of the 8th

MAY 13, 2023 • MLB.COM

Out of lineup Wednesday Devers is not in the lineup Wednesday against Atlanta, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.

Impact This appears to be a routine day of rest for Devers, who's sitting on a .245/.299/.538 slash line with 11 home runs and 34 RBI through 36 games this season. Justin Turner will start at third base and bat third for Boston.

MAY 10, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Rafael Devers' sweet stop | 05/06/2023 Rafael Devers makes a sweet stop ranging to his left at third base and throws to first to retire J.T. Realmuto in the 4th inning

MAY 7, 2023 • MLB.COM

Rafael Devers' two-run double | 05/06/2023 Rafael Devers drills a two-run double to left-center field with the bases loaded, giving the Red Sox a 2-1 lead in the 4th inning

MAY 7, 2023 • MLB.COM

Rafael Devers' RBI single | 05/05/2023 Rafael Devers opens the scoring with an RBI single to right field, scoring Raimel Tapia and giving the Red Sox a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning

MAY 6, 2023 • MLB.COM

Rafael Devers' two-run double | 05/04/2023 Rafael Devers lines a two-run double off the wall in right field, adding to Boston's lead in the bottom of the 2nd inning

MAY 5, 2023 • MLB.COM

Rafael Devers' two-run homer (11) | 05/04/2023 Rafael Devers smacks a home run to right field and score two more runs, giving the Red Sox an 11-4 lead in the bottom of the 8th inning

MAY 5, 2023 • MLB.COM

Hammers 11th homer Devers went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double and four RBI in Thursday's 11-5 win over the Blue Jays.

Impact Devers provided a two-run double to cap Boston's five-run second inning, and he added a two-run homer as insurance in the eighth. The third baseman is 7-for-25 (.280) with two homers and seven RBI over his last six games. For the season, he's slashing .240/.291/.558 with 11 homers, 31 RBI, 22 runs scored and eight doubles through 32 contests.

MAY 5, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Goes deep early in win Devers went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run in Saturday's 8-7 extra-inning win over the Guardians.

Impact Devers launched his AL-leading 10th home run in he first inning to give Boston an early lead. The third baseman is on a pace to his 60 over a 162-game season. He appears to have a made a conscious decision to leave the park more often, which has come at the expense of batting average. Devers has career highs in launch angle (15.0) and flyball percentage (33.3) in his pursuit of the long ball but is hitting just .239 (.208 BABIP).

APRIL 30, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

The distance behind Rafael Devers' home run | 04/29/2023 The data behind Rafael Devers' home run

APRIL 30, 2023 • MLB.COM

Devers' 411-foot three-run HR | 04/29/2023 Statcast measures the projected distance and exit velocity behind Rafael Devers' 411-foot three-run home run against Cleveland

APRIL 30, 2023 • MLB.COM

Batting cleanup Friday Devers has moved down to the cleanup spot for the Red Sox in Friday's game versus the Guardians, Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald reports.

Impact He's batted second almost exclusively this season when both he and Masataka Yoshida are in the lineup, but the two will flip-flop Friday as Yoshida moves to the two-hole and Devers hits fourth. A .238 average and .282 on-base percentage for Devers thus far have been lacking, but he's leading the American League with nine home runs.

APRIL 28, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Rafael Devers' RBI sac fly | 04/25/2023 Rafael Devers hits a sacrifice fly to center field, plating Christian Arroyo to give the Red Sox a 3-0 lead in the top of the 2nd inning

APRIL 26, 2023 • MLB.COM

Leads AL in homers Devers went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Monday's 5-4 loss to Baltimore.

Impact Devers is mashing to open the season and leads the American League with nine homers. His 16 extra-base hits are tied for most in MLB with Matt Chapman.

APRIL 25, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Rafael Devers' 2-run home run (9) | 04/24/2023 Rafael Devers sends this ball out of the stadium for a 2-run home run in the top of the 3rd inning, his 9th home run of the season

APRIL 24, 2023 • MLB.COM

Swats eighth homer Devers went 2-for-4 with a double, a homer, two RBI and a run scored in Saturday's 5-4 loss against Milwaukee.

Impact Devers hadn't homered in his previous six games, the longest drought of the season. The third baseman brought the Red Sox within one run thanks to a sixth inning two-run shot. Devers has a .925 OPS this season, which would be a career high.

APRIL 23, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Field view of Devers' home run | 04/22/2023 Check out a unique angle of Rafael Devers' two-run home run #CreatorCuts

APRIL 23, 2023 • MLB.COM

Rafael Devers' home run (8) | 04/22/2023 Rafael Devers crushes a two-run home run to right field, cutting the Red Sox's deficit to 5-4 in the top of the 6th inning

APRIL 23, 2023 • MLB.COM

Rafael Devers' RBI double | 04/20/2023 Rafael Devers hits an RBI double off The Green Monster in the bottom of the 3rd inning to extend the Red Sox's lead to 2-0

APRIL 20, 2023 • MLB.COM