Yes, Rafael Devers wants to remain in the third base, but he doesn’t want to cause any problems to the red socks either

Fort Myers, Florida. Yes, Rafael Devers wants to play in the third base. But the 28 -year -old does not want this preference to be seen as a point of discussion with the red socks.

“I don’t have any meat with the team at all about anything,” said Devers on Tuesday through translator Daveson Pérez. “We have made many good movements this year. We are a really good team. I think we have a good opportunity to get to the playoffs and play winning baseball, but the third base is what I see playing this year. “

Playing third represents a company for which Devers has had to fight throughout his career. From the moment he signed from the Dominican Republic as a 163 -year -old boy in 2013, he has been very aware of the suggestions that he would inevitably have to get away from the position. They counteract it with a professional stubbornness: innumerable hours of ground balls, always in third base.

And so, his reaction to the questions now about whether he can play another position is motivated by the same attitude that has maintained it in third place to this point.

“It is something that, year after year, I had to have this same conversation. And year after year I have been competing with that narration of “Can I play third base?” Maybe this year, there is much more noise about it, but it is something that I am used to. I have dealt with this all my career, ”said Devers. “I am a very competitive guy. It has always been a very competitive guy. I have known that I have talent, even back (at the beginning of your professional career), to be one of the best of this game. This is how work. I work to be the best. “

Devers said he is extremely excited to play with the new teammate Alex Bregman, the winner of the Golden Gold of the American League 2024 in the third base whose arrival has caused the questions about whether Devers will stay in the hot corner.

“He is a really great player. And I think he showed from the first day how well a player who is, as he has communicated with everyone in the Club House, getting along with everyone, ”said Devers. “He is a winner. We will be together for the next two, three years, and I am looking forward to that. I think it will be good for us. “

How would Devers react if the manager Alex Cora suggest that the team would be better when making a position not third?

“I have not had those conversations at all. I like to focus on reality. I don’t want to think about what is not right in front of me, ”said Devers. “I have not had any conversation with him, so I don’t know how to answer that question. But we have good communication, so if you want to talk about it, we can. “

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