Rafael Devers wins AL Player of Week
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The Boston Red Sox grabbed a huge 3-1 victory on Sunday against the Kansas City Royals, with slugger Rafael Devers going deep for the seventh time this season — a projected 440-foot bomb to straightaway center field at Kauffman Stadium.
Rafael Devers drew the ire of Boston Red Sox fans for refusing to consider a move to first base after Triston Casas' injury, but a huge weekend at the plate should put this controversy to bed.
Red Sox manager Alex Cora said that his DH has 'canceled the noise' amid the uproar over refusing to move to first base.
The Red Sox have played utility men Romy Gonzalez and Abraham Toro at first base since Casas' injury and their inexperience at the position has shown at times. Boston does not have a natural first baseman stashed in Triple-A and it will be weeks before the trade market really heats up. It'll be Gonzalez and Toro at first for the time being.
It has been a strange few months for the Boston Red Sox. Still three games behind New York in the AL East standings, the Red Sox are toeing a fragile line betwe
The Rafael Devers situation in Boston is getting ugly and Whit Merrifield shared his thoughts on the Red Sox slugger.
Red Sox owner John Henry flew to Kansas City to meet with Rafael Devers after the star slugger rejected a proposed move to first base, escalating Boston's early-season position controversy.
Rafael Devers has been at the center of Boston Red Sox drama since spring training when, after the organization signed Alex Bregman, he was asked to move off hi
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The longtime third baseman has been a full-time designated hitter this season, after the Boston Red Sox signed another All-Star at the position, Alex Bregman, over the offseason. However, the first-base position is now wide open after Triston Casas' season-ending ruptured patellar tendon.