So, 0-24. . . that’s pretty bad, huh? It is. But frankly, focusing on Rafael Devers’ recent O-fer actually masks just how bad Devers has been lately. An O-fer will always get the headlines, but 24 at-bats is just a handful of games, and any unusual results that arise out of that small of a sample size can be chalked up to random variance as much as anything else.
But Devers’ struggles haven’t been over just a handful of games. This past August was the single worst calendar month of Raffy’s career, as he slashed .164/.226/.289 with 22 strikeouts over 26 games.