We didn’t have much to be happy about this past season, did we? The Red Sox followed up a dominant World Series campaign with an epic fail of a season that saw them finish third in the AL East and miss the postseason. It wasn’t all hellfire and brimstone in Boston though as we did have a few bright spots in an otherwise dismal year.
Rafael Devers made his debut during the 2017 season and would complete his first full year in the majors in 2018, completing the season with a shiny new Commissioner’s Trophy. He took the momentum he had from 2018 and turned it into one of the absolute best season-long performances by any player in 2019.