The Red Sox called up Rafael Devers and he made his first start Tuesday night in a 6-5, extra inning Mariners victory. Devers went 0 for 4 with two walks and scored a run, not a bad debut. In the middle of the game, however, Boston traded for Giants third baseman Eduardo Nunez.
“He’ll play a lot for us,” said Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski. “He’s a very good offensive player. He can play a lot of different positions. He’s been swinging the bat very well. He can run. He’s versatile for us. Gives us another bat that we feel can help give us some offense, which we do need at this time.”
The first question is how the addition of Nunez impacts third baseman Rafael Devers.
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“We haven’t made our decision what we’re going to do yet because [Nunez] is not going to report until Friday,” said Dombrowski. “When I talked to him on the phone, because it was late in the day, he’s got his family in San Francisco, we told him, rather than rush here tomorrow, get settled, fly into Boston on Thursday later in the day. So, we’ll have to make a move on Friday.”
The Red Sox have started the arbitration/free agent clock on Devers, who is seasonal age 20. He will gain at least four days of service time now, and if he is sent back to the minors, about 30 more days as a September call up. This seems like an unforced error.
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