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One Red Sox taking Rafael Devers' role as the resident Yankees killer

It took all of 15 games for Rafael Devers to become the Yankee killer that Red Sox Nation fell in love with. Everyone remembers his game-tying home run in the Bronx off of then-Yankee closer Aroldis Chapman's 103 MPH pitch. From then on, it was signature moment after signature moment for Devers, who had 31 homers against the Bronx Bombers in a Red Sox uniform.

Now that he's gone, Red Sox fans have been scouring the team for the next Yankee killer to fill Devers' shoes. While they were hoping for a bat to replace Raffy (and Nathaniel Lowe did a solid job pinch-hitting in that role during the four-game set with six hits and five RBI), it seems like a pitcher has stepped into that role.