Devers reached some offensive milestones, took over some franchise records, improved on defense…and shattered Gerrit Cole.
The Positives
It’s easy to start with some objectively great accomplishments. We’ll start with offense, since Devers is an offense-first kind of player. Devers recorded his 1,000th career hit this season. He not only hit his 200th home run, he became the youngest Red Sox player to do so (beating out the first love of my life, Jim Rice). He broke another Red Sox record by homering in six consecutive games. Devers was named to his third All-Star Game but didn’t play due to a nagging shoulder injury (more on that in a minute).