Jen McCaffrey

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Jen McCaffrey

If the past few days have been a distraction for Rafael Devers, he hasn't shown it at the plate. On Monday, the Boston Red Sox designated hitter won American League Player of the Week after hitting .476 (10-for-21) with two homers and a double while driving in eight runs during the week of May 5-11. This is Devers' third-career player of the week honor. He previously took home the award on Aug. 19. 2019 and Sept. 18, 2023.

4 days ago | nytimes.com | Jen McCaffrey

As the Boston Red Sox began a tough six-game road trip against two of the top American League teams thus far, the Rafael Devers drama loomed over the club. Following Devers' pointed comments on Thursday, during which he said that he refused to play first base and was critical of how the team managed his situation, principal owner John Henry flew out to Kansas City for a meeting with Devers on Friday, hours before Boston's 2-1 loss to the Royals in 12 innings.

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Jen McCaffrey

In the wake of Rafael Devers publicly chastising the Red Sox brass on Thursday for requesting that he move to first base, Red Sox principal owner John Henry flew to Kansas City for a one-on-one meeting with the team's franchise player. Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow and CEO Sam Kennedy also made the trip to Kansas City, where the Red Sox are set to play three games this weekend. Henry, however, spoke with Devers alone, Breslow told reporters.

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Jen McCaffrey

BOSTON - Rafael Devers said he is frustrated that the Red Sox asked him to play first base in the wake of Triston Casas' season-ending knee injury last week, and he is unwilling to move to the position. "I know I'm a ballplayer, but at the same time, they can't expect me to play every single position out there," Devers said through team translator Daveson Perez after a 5-0 win over the Rangers.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jen McCaffrey

BOSTON - Alex Bregman had already homered and doubled by the time he came to the plate in the seventh with two on and two outs in a tie game against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night. The 31-year-old entered the game hitting .315 with a .973 OPS, off to the strongest start of his 10-year career. And yet, the Rangers chose to pitch to him.