{"id":28698,"date":"2025-03-14T07:31:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T06:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=28698"},"modified":"2025-03-14T07:31:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T06:31:38","slug":"rafael-devers-ends-dh-standoff-willing-to-play-wherever-team-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/rafael-devers-ends-dh-standoff-willing-to-play-wherever-team-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Devers Ends DH Standoff, Willing To Play Wherever Team Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&ldquo;Third base is my position,&rdquo;<\/em> Rafael Devers said then.<\/p><p>Rafael Devers has finally let go of the designated hitter standoff. A month ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/red-sox-spring-training-gets-spicy-as-rafael-devers-rejects-position-change-talk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Rafael Devers made it clea<\/a>r &ndash; third base was his spot. But after some back-and-forth and the reality of Boston&rsquo;s offseason moves sinking in, the three-time All-Star is now taking a different stance: whatever the team needs, he&rsquo;s ready to do.<\/p><p>Devers told reporters Thursday that he&rsquo;s open to moving to DH if that&rsquo;s what the Red Sox want, a major shift from his earlier resistance after the team signed Alex Bregman in free agency. Bregman, a two-time Gold Glover, immediately became the team&rsquo;s best defensive option at third, making a Devers shift feel inevitable, even if he wasn&rsquo;t thrilled about it.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rafael Devers spoke with reporters today and is now open to being the Red Sox DH after being adamant that third base was his position earlier in the spring<br><br>Quote via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IanMBrowne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@IanMBrowne<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SWT5lJUOvc\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/SWT5lJUOvc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBONFOX\/status\/1900261028904030694?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p><em>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m here to help,&rdquo;<\/em> Rafael Devers said through his interpreter, via The Athletic. <em>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve already spoken with them about that and they know where I stand, but I&rsquo;m just ready to play.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p>The conversation with manager Alex Cora and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow happened a few weeks ago. And while it may have taken some time, Devers&rsquo; tune has changed.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Will Rafael Devers Be Ready for MLB Opening Day?<\/h2><p>Devers has yet to appear in an official spring training game, though he was originally scheduled to play Tuesday before being pushed back to the weekend. He&rsquo;s been dealing with soreness in both shoulders, an issue that nagged him last season, and has been focused on strengthening them ahead of Opening Day.<\/p><p><strong>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/mlb-most-bizarre-trade-rumor-yet-mike-trout-and-rafael-devers-swap-teams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>MLB&rsquo;s most bizarre trade rumor yet: Mike Trout and Rafael Devers swap teams<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>But he did step into the box for an intrasquad game Thursday in Fort Myers, Florida, and blasted a home run off new Red Sox starter Walker Buehler.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have SORELY missed Rafael Devers homers. 2 weeks.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ldhUUnxoDk\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/ldhUUnxoDk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Red Seat Radio (@redseatradio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redseatradio\/status\/1900241857109528797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>It looks like Devers will be ready to go when Boston opens its season on March 27 against the Texas Rangers. Where he&rsquo;ll be playing in the field &ndash; or if he&rsquo;ll be playing in the field at all &ndash; might still be up for debate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m good to do whatever they want me to do&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":28702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,3645,1158],"class_list":["post-28698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-alex-bregman","tag-rafael-devers","tag-red-sox"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rafael Devers Ends DH Standoff, Willing To Play Wherever Team Needs - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DH or 3B? 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