{"id":26338,"date":"2025-01-16T09:29:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T09:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=26338"},"modified":"2025-01-16T09:29:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T09:29:38","slug":"rafael-devers-earns-ironic-position-rank-amid-red-sox-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=26338","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Devers Earns Ironic Position Rank Amid Red Sox Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>MLB Network appreciates Devers at third base<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/rafael-devers.jpg\" alt=\"Rafael Devers Earns Ironic Position Rank Amid Red Sox Rumors\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"primary\"><main id=\"mainContent\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-2002084\">\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleContentDetails\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->Rafael Devers put together another strong season in 2024, though his role for the Boston Red Sox dominated offseason headlines thus far.<\/p>\n<p>Boston has discussed right-handed additions to the lineup with hitters in Alex Bregman and Nolan Arenado. Either of those potential moves would likely warrant the Red Sox to move Devers off of third base in favor of highly capable defenders in Bregman or Arenado.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Cora and Craig Breslow stuck to their belief all winter that Devers is Boston\u2019s third baseman and that\u2019s that. Ironically enough, MLB Network tabbed the Red Sox star among the best at his position.<\/p>\n<p>The network often holds a top-10 ranking at each position before every season and released its third base rankings Wednesday. Devers finished second at the position, only falling short to Cleveland Guardians star Jose Ramirez.<\/p>\n<p>Bregman finished third while Arenado came in at the No. 7 spot. How\u2019s that for Devers to finish higher than the two leading candidates that would spark a position change for the Red Sox.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s one way to look at the list, not that it has any impact on how Boston should build the roster, though maximizing Devers as a hitter and adding quality defense and a veteran bat in Bregman or Arenado still makes all the sense in the world for the Red Sox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MLB Network ranked Boston Red Sox star Rafael Devers as the second-best third baseman entering the 2025 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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