Rafael Devers shows why Red Sox should keep him at DH


The Boston Red Sox still can’t seem to decide where they want Rafael Devers to play this season. 

After they signed Alex Bregman in free agency, they moved Devers from third base to designated hitter. Then, when Triston Casas injured the patellar tendon in his left knee, Boston asked the 28-year-old star to mull over a position change again. Unsurprisingly, he wasn’t happy about that.

“I know I’m a ballplayer, but at the same time, they can’t expect me to play every single position out there,” Devers said Thursday, per Christopher Smith of MassLive.com. “In spring training, they talked to me and basically told me to put away my glove — that I wasn’t going to play any other position but DH. So right now I just feel like it’s not just an appropriate decision by them to ask me to play another position.”

Who could blame Devers for not wanting to switch positions again, especially when he’s getting the hang of DH after a tumultuous start? 

On Sunday, in a road game against the Kansas City Royals. Devers played at DH. He blasted a 440-foot two-run home run into center field in the top of the sixth inning. (Left fielder Jarren Duran scored.)



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