28th of May Boston @ Arizona

[5GoldGloves:OF,75]

Let me rephrase that: He's a "after the weather heats up" hitter. His .815 OPS in April is the worst of any month not named August, which is a month in which, for some reason, the Red Sox are almost always terrible.

... maybe by August, after four months of swinging as hard as humanly possible, Devers is starting to develop some nagging injury or another that slows his production. I'm only thinking of the past two years now that he's slightly older: the hamstring that hamstrung him in '22, and the inflamed right arm in '21 that caused him to wear a protective sleeve down the stretch (that must've helped a little, since he was still clutch).

[moonslav59]

How Devers ended the last few seasons- admittedly cherry-picked...

2019: ended the season an .916
1.006 last 8 games
.971 last 91 games
.963 last 83

2020: finished at .793
.954 last 26 games
.830 last 49 games

2021: finished at .890
1.004 last 13 games
.922 last 19 games
.888 last 23 games
1.028 in 2021 Playoffs (51 PAs)

2022: finished at .879
1.083 last 4 games
.953 last 15
.909 last 21

[vegasbob]

I think it is fair to say that Rafael Devers OPS should be about .900+ over the course of the season. He is currently at .783, so reversion to his high level mean indicates he should start hitting, with power soon. I hope tonight.