The Boston Red Sox hit the table hard and, at least initially, pointed to the fact that they plan to be competitive as soon as possible with Rafael Devers’ contract extension, which will start in 2024, tying him down for eleven years. and more than 300 million dollars to the team.
The group offered the press conference to formalize the agreement and in it there were three important points to rescue. The first, which was made very clear by Sam Kennedy, one of the team’s owners, and Chaim Bloom, manager of the Red Sox, is that it was a huge joint effort to get Rafael Devers signed.
The second point is that the team will be built around the player and the third, this from the Dominican, he simply did not want to go anywhere else.
“Boston has been the team that has given me everything, the ones that gave me the opportunity to be here, I didn’t want to go anywhere else. Free agency is a tough time and luckily we didn’t have to come to that,” said “Carita” Devers.
As a member of the Red Sox, Devers has been with the organization for more than a decade, although his MLB debut came in the 2017 season. Since then, he has posted a .283 batting average with an .854 OPS, 139 home runs and 455 RBIs, being considered one of the best left-handed hitters today.
The Dominican revealed that he had full confidence from the beginning that the negotiation could be closed with Boston, while making it clear that he is extremely grateful for what the franchise has done for him, as well as the expectations that exist at the moment.
“I am grateful to God, to the people who accompanied me like my parents. Thanks to the Red Sox and Red Sox Nation who adopted me since I was 16 and have been a great help in getting me to where I am today,” Devers said.
A conversation that began in the Dom. Rep.
It was revealed during the press conference that, in mid-December, the team’s owners traveled to the Dominican Republic to meet with the player. Devers noted that at the time he was fully convinced that an agreement would be reached. “The conversation in the Dominican Republic was good. We shared a good time and had a good conversation, ”he said.
