Kevin Millar calls the guy of Rafael Devers of Red Sox, I need that you first play “Originally on Athlon Sports.
After the injury at the end of the season at Triston Casas, Boston’s Red Soxs desperately needed a new first goal player. Without a great backup within the organization, the Red Sox turned to Rafael Devers to see if he would adapt at the beginning. However, Devers refused and the Red Sox had to rotate elsewhere.
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The favorite player of Red Sox fans, Kevin Millar, of the 2004 World Series series, called out to the Podcast Play Tessie for his decision not to play the first goal.
Millar compared the situation of delay with his time to play alongside Manny Ramirez and spoke of the way the players of the Red Sox should approach the first goal.
“You play where it helps that day for the team. There is a lot of whispers, that Raffy is angry with the front office. It’s good, we treated it with Manny. Raffy is not at all a bad guy, he is a very sweet child. Now, if he says no to Jarren Duran, or Rob Refsyner, or Garrett Crochet, or Alex Bregman, so it becomes bizarre.
The primordial point of Millar is that Devers can be angry with the organization and the front office, but it must be there for its teammates. His argument is that if Devers refuses to play the first goal if his teammates ask him, then it becomes something that is worried.
But with uncertainty, and the front office potentially trigger things with deverses during the offseason, there is an improbable chance of delay slips to the first base.
Boston Red Sox Rafael Dévers (11 )’s designated shot in the canoe before the match against the Braves of Atlanta at Truist Park.Dale Zanine-Imagn Images
“I think it started with the signing of the late Alex Bregman,” said Millar. “I think Devers had her injured feelings.”
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While Bregman’s signature was great for Boston, the addition has also withdrawn from its third basis role. Devers does not retaliate for having lost his place, but he is rightly upset, he lost his job of departure in the field.
Devers refuses to play first for the Red Sox, and in turn, he creates a potentially strange environment for Millar as a former player. Seeing a former player and favorite fans like Millar Call Devers is a notable event.
Millar’s comments will probably have no impact on the Red Sox season, but it helps to paint a clearer image of the reason why the situation of delay is so strange.
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This story was initially reported by Athlon Sports on June 6, 2025, where it appeared for the first time.
