Rafael Devers remains an important fixture in the future of the Boston Red Sox but something has to be done about his defense at third base.
Devers committed his ninth error of the season in Thursday night’s loss to the Chicago White Sox, giving him the second-most in the majors and nearly doubling anyone else at his position. He’s never been steady at the hot corner but he’s on pace to shatter the career-high 24 errors that he made last year.
It wouldn’t be fair to pin this loss on Devers despite that his mistake put the tying run on base in the bottom of the ninth inning with Boston clinging to a one-run lead.