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Rafael Devers might not be the best player on the Red Sox — and that’s a good thing

Last week, while between tasty beverages at a local tavern, I found myself discussing the Rafael Devers vs. Alex Bregman third base situation with a stranger seated by the bar. He was, to put it mildly, staunchly against moving Devers to DH.

“You don’t move your best player off their position” he loudly and proudly proclaimed.

“Well, they’re going to” I thought to myself.

But because I’m less interesting and more nonconfrontational in public than I am in my online foxhole, the words that actually came out of my mouth were “well, it will be interesting to see what they do.