The Red Sox and Rafael Devers appear ready to move on from a tumultuous first few months of the season off the field.
After hesitantly giving up third base to make room for Alex Bregman in March and publicly refusing to play first base in wake of Triston Casas’s knee injury, Boston reportedly doesn’t expect Devers to play defense in any capacity for the team this season, according to MassLive’s Chris Cotillo and Sean McAdam.
“Though manager Alex Cora has publicly left the door open for Devers to eventually start getting reps at first base this summer, privately, team officials remain very pessimistic about the chances of Devers taking the field at either corner,” Cotillo and McAdam reported Friday.