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<\/main>When the Boston Red Sox traded their star designated hitter\u00a0Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on June 15, in the\u00a0second year of a 10-year, $313.5 million contract, the general feeling around baseball was that Boston had just sacrificed the best hitter on the roster.<\/p>\n

In fact, Devers was not the best hitter on the Red Sox team, at least not according 2025 statistics. Third baseman Alex Bregman, acquired by the Red Sox as a free agent at the outset of spring training on a\u00a0three-year, $120 million deal, was the more productive hitter.<\/p>\n

Bregman had an OPS of .938, highest on the team. Devers was second at .905. Bregman hit 11 home runs in 226 plate appearances, a rate of one every 20.5 at bats. Devers hit 15 homers but it took him 334 plate appearances \u2014 or one dinger every 22.3 PAs.<\/p>\n

Bregman’s Wins Above Replacement (WAR) number was 2.9. Devers \u2014 2.3.<\/p>\n

There was only one problem. Bregman was hurt. On May 23, in a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park the 31-year-old two-time All-Star suffered a strained right quadriceps muscle, and has been on the injured list ever since.<\/p>\n

Manager Alex Cora called\u00a0Bregman’s injury “significant,”\u00a0and the team’s hottest hitter was expected to be sidelined for at least 10 weeks.<\/p>\n

More MLB:\u00a0Insider Reveals Red Sox’s Reasons For Dumping Rafael Devers in Devastating Trade<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Now, slightly more than five weeks after the injury, the\u00a0Red Sox made an announcement\u00a0about their third baseman that could only give a ray of hope to the struggling team.<\/p>\n

“The way he’s talking about it, he’s close to 100 percent,”\u00a0Cora said after talking\u00a0with Bregman, who had resumed baseball activities over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Cora added that Bregman was “feeling great,” and the Red Sox medical staff would\u00a0reevaluate his status\u00a0over the coming weekend.<\/p>\n

Bregman\u00a0himself spoke to reporters\u00a0on Monday as well, and confirmed Cora’s optimistic report.<\/p>\n

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