Alex Cora insists Devers is Crimson Sox’ 3B, even when they signal Bregman

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“His measurement, the best way he strikes, it felt form of like, ‘You can be a second baseman.’”

By Conor Roche

January 11, 2025 | 4:22 PM

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Alex Cora continued to make his case for the Crimson Sox to signal Alex Bregman at Fenway Fest, and he doesn’t imagine any huge adjustments will must be made to the infield to be able to make it work.

The Crimson Sox supervisor re-emphasized that Rafael Devers is the crew’s third baseman in a dialog with NESN on Saturday. He additionally footage Bregman enjoying second base if Boston had been to signal him, citing a dialog he had with the All-Star throughout his time as Houston’s bench coach.

“Alex was a Gold Glover at third base. Everyone knows that,” Cora mentioned on NESN. “However in 2017, I had a dialog with him and he wanted to play third as a result of it was [Carlos] Correa [at shortstop] and [Jose] Altuve [at second]. I all the time envisioned Alex as a Gold Glove second baseman. His measurement, the best way he strikes, it felt form of like, ‘You can be a second baseman.’

“However he has performed third base at a excessive stage. So we’ll see the place he finally ends up and we’ll see the place he finally ends up enjoying.”

Cora made an analogous comment when he glowingly spoke about Bregman through the Winter Conferences. At the moment, the Crimson Sox’ pitching employees nonetheless wanted to be addressed and there have been rumors that they might commerce Triston Casas to be able to make it work whereas transferring Devers to first base. There have been additionally extra high quality right-handed hitters out there.

A month later, the Crimson Sox have addressed their beginning pitching however have but so as to add a notable right-handed hitter. Casas’s title has additionally remained in commerce rumors, lending credence to the concept that Devers would play first base whereas Bregman would stay at third base if the Crimson Sox had been to signal the Astros third baseman.

But when the Crimson Sox signal Bregman and choose to play him at second base, they might be holding the lesser fielder at third base. Devers has a .944 fielding share at third base and his 141 errors on the place are essentially the most amongst lively gamers. Moreover, Devers has had a adverse Outs Above Common in all however one season of his profession.

Bregman, in the meantime, has a .968 fielding share and 81 errors over 9 seasons on the place. He received the Gold Glove final season for his AL-best .972 fielding share and has had a constructive Outs Above Common in all however two seasons in his profession.