{"id":54010,"date":"2025-05-09T01:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T01:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=54010"},"modified":"2025-05-09T01:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T01:15:06","slug":"red-sox-313-5-million-dh-blasts-boston-front-office-they-should-do-their-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=54010","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox $313.5 Million DH Blasts Boston Front Office: \u2018They Should Do Their Job\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Devers-Blasts-Front-Office.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Devers-Blasts-Front-Office.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Devers-Blasts-Front-Office.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Devers-Blasts-Front-Office.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Red Sox $313.5 Million DH Blasts Boston Front Office: \u2018They Should Do Their Job\u2019\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When Boston Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas collapsed on the field after a collision with Minnesota Twins first baseman Ty France on May 2, the team, and its fans, knew immediately that the situation was desperate.<\/p>\n<p>Casas suffered a ruptured patellar tendon. Two days later, he underwent surgery to repair the tendon and was officially ruled out for the remainder of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>But who would play first base now? Despite having what Baseball America rates as the top minor league system in baseball, the organization\u2019s depth at the first base position is not great.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox called up Abraham Toro, who had been a non-roster invitee to spring training, to fill in at first. But with the Red Sox expected to fight for a playoff spot all season, Toro does not appear to be a long-term answer.<\/p>\n<h2>Who\u2019s On First For Red Sox?<\/h2>\n<p>So who is?<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, following the Red Sox 5-0 day-game victory over the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park, the team\u2019s star designated hitter Rafael Devers provided at least a partial answer.<\/p>\n<p>It won\u2019t be him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know I\u2019m a ballplayer, but at the same time, they can\u2019t expect me to play every single position out there,\u201d Devers said through a translator, as quoted by Boston Globe reporter Alex Speier. \u201cIn (spring) training, they talked to me and basically told me to put away my glove, that I wasn\u2019t going to play any other position but DH.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Devers said that his stance did not affect his relationship with his Red Sox teammates. His problem is with Breslowm he said, as quoted by MassLive reporter Christopher Smith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere in the clubhouse thankfully the relationship that I have with my teammates is great. I don\u2019t understand some of the decisions that the GM makes. Next thing you know someone in the outfield gets hurt and they want me to play in the outfield. I think I know the kind of player I am. And yeah, that\u2019s just where I stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Devers prior to 2025 had served as DH in only 21 of his 917 major league games, all with the Red Sox. He had been Boston\u2019s regular third baseman since arriving in the big leagues in 2017 at age 20. But this year, Boston\u2019s signing of free agent Gold Glove third baseman Alex Bregman caused the organization to switch Devers to designated hitter \u2014 a change that he initially refused.<\/p>\n<h2>Translation of Devers Statements Disputed<\/h2>\n<p>Devers is in the second season of a 10-year, $313.5 million contract with the Red Sox<\/p>\n<p>But one Spanish-speaking Red Sox fan who manages a popular account on X (formerly Twitter) disputed that Devers had taken a hard line against playing first. Devers said only that he cannot be expected to take over the position immediately, the account posted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"6cab6fc3acdeee638ba3861dee1317cc\">\n<div>\n<article>I really don\u2019t understand how an organization like the Boston Red Sox have the WORST translators. In this video Rafael Devers literally says that if he has to play 1B, they can\u2019t expect him to do it right away because he\u2019s not like other players that adapt quickly.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One thing that was not in dispute, however, was that Devers is clearly unhappy with the Red Sox front office, specifically Chief of Baseball Operations Craig Breslow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not certain what (issue) he has with me,\u201d Devers said, in a translation quoted by Speier. \u201cHe played ball, and I would like to think that he knows that changing positions like that isn\u2019t easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"4d1e4511cf913c23bceb71169d200c4f\">\n<div>\n<article>@SBS0311 \u201cSi es de jugar primera, saben que no lo voy a jugar de una vez\u201d very clear. I speak both English and Spanish fluently.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Devers, according to media reports, told reporters that Breslow and the Red Sox management should \u201cdo their job\u201d and \u201chit the market,\u201d presumably to sign or trade for a first baseman.<\/p>\n<div id=\"2fc34efd7d44df244c0375c25240609a\">\n<div>\n<article>Rafael Devers on Red Sox: \u201cNow I think they should do their job essentially and hit the market and look for another player (to play first base). I\u2019m not sure why they want me to be in between the way they have me now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Devers has hit 205 home runs in his career, now in its ninth year, including five this season so far. He also leads the American League in walks with 28.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Vankin JONATHAN VANKIN is an award-winning journalist and writer who now covers baseball and other sports for Heavy.com. He twice won New England Press Association awards for sports feature writing. Vankin is also the author of five nonfiction books on a variety of topics, as well as nine graphic novels including most recently &#8220;Last of the Gladiators&#8221; published by Dynamite Entertainment. More about Jonathan Vankin<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Red Sox News<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Boston Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas collapsed on the field after a collision with Minnesota Twins first baseman Ty France on May 2, the team, and its fans, knew immediately that the situation was desperate.Casas suffered a ruptured patellar tendon. 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