Judging only by his stats — 28 doubles, 73 RBI, 74 runs scored, and a team-high 122 hits — one might expect Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers to be 26 or 27 years old, with five-plus years of MLB experience.
But the baby-faced Devers, at age 22, is actually tearing it up as one of the youngest players in the league. Against the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday afternoon — his 273rd career regular-season game — Devers became the fifth-fastest Red Sox to record 50 home runs, behind only Tony Conigliaro, Nomar Garciaparra, Ted Williams, and Carlton Fisk.