Rafael Devers
| Rafael Devers | |||
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| Boston Red Sox – No. 11 | |||
| Third Baseman | |||
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Born: October 24, 1996 Sánchez, Dominican Republic |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 25, 2017, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics (through August 19, 2017) |
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| Batting average | .364 | ||
| Hits | 28 | ||
| Home runs | 8 | ||
| Runs batted in | 16 | ||
| Stolen bases | 2 | ||
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Rafael Devers Calcaño (/ˈdɛvərs/ DEH-vers; born October 24, 1996) is a Dominican professional baseball third baseman for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 210 pounds (95 kg), Devers bats left-handed and throws right-handed.
The Red Sox signed 17-year-old free agent Devers in August 2013. Devers, who ranked sixth overall among the top 50 international prospects, agreed to a $1.5 million deal. At the time he was considered by some scouts to be the best left-handed hitter available on the international market, according to a MLB.com report.
Devers debuted on May 31, 2014 with the Dominican Summer League Red Sox rookie club. He had a promising start in his first season of professional ball, as he went 14-for-30 for a .467 batting average and slugged .800 in eight games to claim SoxProspects.com Player of the Week honors. In June he continued to show his value leading the DSL Sox with a of .337/.445/.538, three home runs and 21 RBI, walking more times (21) than he struck out (20), while playing in all 28 of the team's games thus far and had reached base in all but one. In addition, his .983 on-base plus slugging statistic was rare for the DSL level, while his .533 slugging average in this period is the highest mark for an everyday player for the Red Sox since at least 2005, which is as far back as online statistics for the DSL go. On July 3, he was promoted to the Gulf Coast League Red Sox of the Rookie Class GCL.
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