SEATTLE — No pressure, kid.
As if it weren’t enough that his manager referenced the past three years the Boston Red Sox won World Series titles — 2004, 2007 and 2013 — when discussing the impact a young player could make on a ballclub, Rafael Devers will face a former Cy Young Award winner his first time in a major league lineup Tuesday.
“No pressure,” the Boston Red Sox’s top prospect said Monday through a translator while sitting in the third base dugout at Safeco Field. “It’s the same baseball for me, and I’m just going to play with the same fun that I’ve always played with.