Ever since Rafael Devers joined the Red Sox in late during the 2017 season, I’ve found myself firmly on the young prospect’s bandwagon. He debuted as a 20-year-old third baseman, was the youngest active player in Major League Baseball at the time, and made a great early impression on all of us by homering for his first hit.
We all remember the greatest moment of that rookie season, however, and it’s hard to picture a time when that won’t be the top moment we think of when we think of Devers. I speak, of course, of when the 20-year-old hit a game-tying home run in the ninth inning at Yankee Stadium off of Aroldis Chapman last August – after something like that, he was incredibly easy to love for Red Sox fans.