One of the mysteries of the Red Sox’s playoff run was why star infielder Rafael Devers kept dropping his bat.
Devers, who is known to take monstrous swings that sometimes don’t connect, often winced and let go of his bat after some of his more ambitious cuts. Whatever was wrong didn’t affect Devers much from a production standpoint — he batted .295/.392/.636 with five homers and 12 RBIs — but he looked clearly uncomfortable.
On Monday, at the team’s end-of-season press conference, Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom explained what was going on with his star third baseman.