Boston Purple Sox supervisor Alex Cora shared a notable replace Saturday regarding Rafael Devers.
Devers has been positioned on the injured record as a result of shoulder irritation and is out for the remainder of the season. The 27-year-old underwent MRIs on each of his shoulders Saturday after feeling worse on Friday. Since Boston solely had eight video games remaining coming into the day, the IL stint ends Devers’ 2024 marketing campaign.
Devers missed time in August as a result of his shoulder and had solely been 1-for-15 with 11 strikeouts over his final 4 video games, indicating he was having some critical issues.
The three-time All-Star is among the finest offensive third basemen within the league when wholesome. So it’s very clear he was not effectively and his play was being negatively affected.
Devers finishes the season batting .272 with an .871 OPS, 34 doubles and 28 dwelling runs throughout 525 at-bats. Boston’s postseason chances are high extraordinarily slim as they have been 76-78 coming into play on Saturday, 5 video games again of the ultimate wild-card spot within the American League.
