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‘Pigs squeal’: Rafael Devers may need to lose weight to break out of historic slump, say Jonathan Papelbon

Red Sox slugger Rafael Devers is hitless through four games. He has started the season off 0-for-16 at the plate. He’s the first player in MLB history to strike out 12 times in his first four games of the season.

He is clearly struggling, and there has been some speculation about why things have started off this poorly.

During NESN’s postgame coverage of Boston’s loss to the Texas Rangers on Sunday, former Red Sox pitcher Jonathan Papelbon said Devers’s struggles could have something to do with him being out of shape.