As of now, it won’t be DH Rafael Devers who recently told chief baseball officer Craig Breslow he would not play first base. Breslow asked him to do it after Triston Casas ruptured his patellar tendon and underwent season-ending surgery.

Discussing third-base options in light of Alex Bregman’s injury, Red Sox manager Alex Cora initially said ‘No’ to Rafael Devers returning to his old job, then backtracked.

Devers arguably is the hottest hitter in baseball right now and clearly took a bit to adjust to designated hitter at the beginning of the seaso