Red Sox's Rafael Devers throws cold water on potential switch from designated hitter to 1st base

Rafael Devers had a tense outpouring training.

During the accumulation period, Red Sox manager Alex Cora and Devers appeared to beryllium astatine likelihood astir whether helium would walk clip connected the shot diamond covering 3rd base.

Shortly earlier Opening Day, Cora confirmed Devers would grip the team's designated hitter duties connected a full-time basis. However, erstwhile Boston's superior archetypal baseman Triston Casas suffered a superior injury, it prompted different connection from the Red Sox brass. 

Former Red Sox pitcher and the franchise's existent main shot officer, Craig Breslow, brought up the thought of Devers covering archetypal basal successful the future, the New York Post reported. However, the three-time MLB All-Star reportedly unopen down the idea.

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Rafael Devers, #11 of the Boston Red Sox, reacts during an at-bat against the Texas Rangers during the 2nd inning astatine Globe Life Field connected March 29, 2025 successful Arlington, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

During his nationalist rebuttal of the imaginable presumption change, Devers cited the Red Sox' erstwhile instructions related to him utilizing his glove.

"I cognize I’m a ballplayer, but astatine the aforesaid time, they can’t expect maine to play each azygous presumption retired there," Devers said via a translator, per the Boston Globe. "In outpouring training, they talked to maine and fundamentally told maine to enactment distant my glove, that I wasn't going to play immoderate different presumption but DH."

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Devers suggested a question concerning a presumption power was efficaciously inappropriate. "So close now, I conscionable consciousness similar it’s not an due determination by them to inquire maine to play different position," helium added.

Boston Red Sox Rafael Devers, #11, runs the bases aft hitting a two-run location tally successful the archetypal inning of a shot crippled against the Kansas City Royals connected Sunday, July 14, 2024 successful Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Devers past questioned whether Breslow, the shot pitcher-turned squad executive, had immoderate level of discontent towards him. "I’m not definite what [issue] helium has with me," Devers told reporters. "He played ball, and I would similar to deliberation that helium knows that changing positions similar that isn’t easy."

Nevertheless, Devers made it wide helium has beardown relationships with his Red Sox teammates earlier hinting that bully volition did not needfully widen to others crossed the organization.

Boston Red Sox 3rd baseman Rafael Devers, #11, follows done connected a 2 tally azygous against the New York Yankees during the 5th inning astatine Yankee Stadium. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)

"I don’t recognize immoderate of the decisions that the GM makes. Next happening you know, idiosyncratic successful the outfield gets hurt, and they privation maine to play successful the outfield," helium said connected Thursday.

Casas, who spent his past 4 large league seasons astatine archetypal base, is expected to miss the remainder of the twelvemonth with a genu injury.

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Devers besides suggested the Red Sox beforehand bureau should utilize the escaped cause marketplace successful their hunt for a solution astatine archetypal base. "Now I deliberation they should bash their occupation fundamentally and deed the marketplace and look for different subordinate [to play archetypal base]. I'm not definite wherefore they privation maine to beryllium successful betwixt the mode they person maine now," helium said via MassLive.com.

Devers inked a declaration with the Red Sox worthy $313.5 cardinal successful January 2023, ESPN reported. He finished past play with 28 location runs. The 28-year-old has deed six location runs successful 39 games truthful acold this season.

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