{"id":44112,"date":"2025-03-25T22:19:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T22:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=44112"},"modified":"2025-03-25T22:19:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T22:19:55","slug":"rafael-devers-gets-high-praise-from-red-sox-ceo-amid-third-base-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=44112","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Devers gets high praise from Red Sox CEO amid third base controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\">Speculation about Rafael Devers&#8217; future with the Boston Red Sox began as soon as the club signed Alex Bregman in free agency last month.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">Bregman said he would play wherever the team needed him \u2014 and it&#8217;s clear that they needed him at third base, where he won a Gold Glove last season. Devers, who has been a mainstay at the hot corner for Boston since 2018, didn&#8217;t exactly take kindly to the team asking if he would be willing to move to DH to make room for Bregman at third.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">\u201cNo,\u201d Devers said repeatedly back in February, via Chris Cotillo of MassLive<em>.<\/em> \u201cI play third.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">Well, Opening Day is just two days away, and Devers is decidedly <em>not <\/em>playing third.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">Devers has, at least publicly, taken a more conciliatory approach over the past several weeks regarding the Red Sox&#8217;s plans to use him as a DH in 2025. Perhaps he has simply calmed down after the initial shock of it all; or, maybe he was told by organizational leadership to check his ego at the door.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">Red Sox team president Sam Kennedy commended Devers&#8217; approach and his newfound willingness to move off of third base.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">\u201cHe\u2019s put winning and the team above all else,\u201d Kennedy said on MassLive\u2019s \u201cFenway Rundown\u201d podcast. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t mean he is going to agree with every decision, doesn\u2019t mean he is not one of the more competitive people on the planet. And as I said down in Florida, I think he\u2019s the only player in uniform with a ring from 2018. This guy wants to win championships, and he\u2019s a championship-caliber player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Are Kennedy&#8217;s comments merely his attempt at doing damage control after Devers reportedly debated asking for a trade after the Bregman signing? Probably. Coaches and executives often speak to their players through the media, and this could be Kennedy&#8217;s way of pumping Devers&#8217; tires and letting him know that he is still a valued member of the team.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">It could also be a gentle reminder to Devers that the expectation is that he will put the good of the team ahead of his personal feelings.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">\u201cWe expect that he\u2019ll continue to do that,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cWe appreciate that he\u2019s done that. Most importantly, Raffy wants what we all want \u2014 and that\u2019s to win baseball games.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\"><strong>More Red Sox content from BoSox Injection<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speculation about Rafael Devers&#8217; future with the Boston Red Sox began as soon as the club signed Alex Bregman in free agency last month. 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