Throughout his eight-plus seasons in a Boston Red Sox uniform, Rafael Devers was the ultimate New York Yankees killer.
The Red Sox on August 21 will begin their first series without Devers in the lineup against their archrival. Boston and New York haven't faced each other since the former completed a three-game sweep on June 15, the day the Red Sox shipped Devers to the San Francisco Giants. Both teams have been through quite a lot since then.
The Yankees have fallen well out of first place in the American League East, where they spent the first few months of the season.