{"id":62694,"date":"2025-06-20T07:17:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=62694"},"modified":"2025-06-20T07:17:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:17:46","slug":"will-rafael-devers-make-first-base-debut-for-giants-against-red-sox-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=62694","title":{"rendered":"Will Rafael Devers make first base debut for Giants against Red Sox this weekend?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<nav aria-label=\"articleLabel\">\n<ol id=\"articleLabel__list\">\n<li id=\"articleLabel__listItem\">Red Sox<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<ul>\n<li><time datetime=\"2025-06-19175037300500022:43:25\">Updated: Jun. 19, 2025, 10:43 p.m.<\/time><\/li>\n<li><span aria-hidden=\"true\">|<\/span><time datetime=\"2025-06-19175035643500018:07:15\">Published: Jun. 19, 2025, 6:07 p.m.<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\">\n<article id=\"arc-PNDYNVJSMZARHHE2RKK7E72MBU\" data-type=\"article\">\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<div><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/LQQKLVY5NBEDPL3H4A33G233WM.jpg?auth=215ab39e1cdd68cf61742e7ec6a186debcea73560daeee1057d5103b88bdd93a&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90 500w\" media=\"(max-width: 500px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/LQQKLVY5NBEDPL3H4A33G233WM.jpg?auth=215ab39e1cdd68cf61742e7ec6a186debcea73560daeee1057d5103b88bdd93a&amp;width=800&amp;quality=90 800w\" media=\"(max-width: 800px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/LQQKLVY5NBEDPL3H4A33G233WM.jpg?auth=215ab39e1cdd68cf61742e7ec6a186debcea73560daeee1057d5103b88bdd93a&amp;width=1280&amp;quality=90 1280w\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/LQQKLVY5NBEDPL3H4A33G233WM.jpg?auth=215ab39e1cdd68cf61742e7ec6a186debcea73560daeee1057d5103b88bdd93a&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90\" sizes=\"auto, 50vw\" alt=\"Will Rafael Devers make first base debut for Giants against Red Sox this weekend?\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Rafael Devers continues to learn first base on the fly. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)AP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"6ZXXVLQXJZBOZCWTMGH7KLFX3I\">SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Five-time Gold Glove third baseman Matt Chapman had a message for Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey after taking infield with Rafael Devers at first base Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p id=\"FOEAOWKQYRF5VMFT65TAPQFHOU\">\u201cHe\u2019s gonna be just fine over there,\u201d Chapman beamed.<\/p>\n<p id=\"NQ6QKLBU5FBITGOIT7KWCN52IA\">Thursday marked Day 3 of Devers\u2019 first base crash course in San Francisco. Before the team\u2019s series finale against the Guardians, Devers was back on the infield dirt at the position, taking turns with former Red Sox teammate Dom Smith fielding grounders and making throws. Coaches, including another former Gold Glover in Matt Williams, guided Devers through some footwork drills. Since declaring during his introductory press conference that he\u2019d play wherever the Giants wanted him \u2014 a big departure from the tone he took in his final months with the Red Sox \u2014 Devers was out for early work with his glove three days in a row.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ZEC4TRDPWVCZ3GM5EA4WWA4SZ4\">That doesn\u2019t, however, mean that he\u2019s expected to play the field against his former team this weekend, when Boston visits for a three-game series. San Francisco has Smith (.838 OPS) admirably manning the position with both Wilmer Flores (who started Tuesday) and Casey Schmitt able to fill in. The expectation is that it will take Devers a while to get comfortable at the position and that he\u2019ll serve as the Giants\u2019 designated hitter, like he did in three games against Cleveland, from Friday to Sunday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"BO2NQOYQQRDCLC2IRBKYOOUWYQ\">Devers has never played first base in the majors and did not take a single ground ball at the position at any point this season as a member of the Red Sox. He has logged over 8,200 career innings at third base and, weirdly, three innings each at second base and shortstop in his career.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2PP75DRBFFFDVICXQ3FHXQSIXM\">\u201cIt\u2019s really early,\u201d said Giants manager Bob Melvin. \u201cOnce we get him to do some flip fungoes and do some things where he\u2019s having to move around a little bit, stretching and so forth, it\u2019s gonna be easy for him. If he can play third in the fashion he did, he\u2019s gonna be able to play first. It\u2019s more, \u2018Where am I on cut-offs and relays?\u2019 and stretching, getting back to the base, stuff like that you\u2019re not used to. Just getting used to that type of stuff. As far as just fielding the position and throwing the baseball, he\u2019s gonna be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"DCXSWLCZWNFNVIKSSMEZ6RU7KQ\">Devers, who has kept a low profile and dodged media requests since the end of his first day with the Giants, has a big weekend ahead of him. On Friday, after 1,053 games as a member of the Red Sox, he\u2019ll face his former team for the first time amid a messy divorce. And get this: it\u2019s believed Devers, in the early days of his new Bay Area existence, is likely staying in the same luxury San Francisco hotel as the Red Sox.<\/p>\n<p id=\"GXV6CAIOTJF67DMJQMC265IUNA\">Those with the Giants are trying to temper the hype ahead of what should be a hectic Friday for Devers. He\u2019s expected to meet with a group of Boston-based reporters before taking on the Sox and righty Hunter Dobbins on national TV (MLB Network picked up the game).<\/p>\n<p id=\"BGJTJHFBNNGKRP3TPBNTEG7SMY\">\u201cWe knew when we brought him over here that this was going to happen,\u201d Melvin said. \u201cThe reception he has gotten from our fans has been pretty immense. Whenever you play your old team \u2014 and he\u2019s been there a long time so there\u2019s probably going to be some emotions for him \u2014 but just go out there and do your thing business-wise. Get past that series and move on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section data-gaid=\":Rdqaq6:\">\n<ul data-testid=\"list\">\n<li>Red Sox roster: Kristian Campbell sent down to WooSox after prolonged slump<\/li>\n<li>New Red Sox prospect records first hit after coming over in Devers trade<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Completely ridiculous.\u2019 GM shoots down rumors that he\u2019ll trade former Red Sox ace<\/li>\n<li>Rafael Devers might have mentor in Barry Bonds \u2014 if he works up \u2018courage to talk to him\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Might Boston Red Sox face issues if rookie catcher keeps playing this much?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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