{"id":27646,"date":"2025-02-21T03:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T03:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27646"},"modified":"2025-02-21T03:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T03:10:07","slug":"alex-bregman-fires-back-at-rafael-devers-comments-tries-to-quell-red-sox-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27646","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Alex Bregman Fires Back at Rafael Devers\u2019 Comments, Tries to Quell Red Sox Controversy!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"2025 Boston Red Sox Spring Training\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_5500,h_3093\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/14\/01jmjc6xngky8qcbgzaa.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Boston Red Sox Spring Training\" width=\"5500\" height=\"3093\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"2025 Boston Red Sox Spring Training\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">2025 Boston Red Sox Spring Training | Maddie Malhotra\/Boston Red Sox\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap\">\n<div class=\"flex mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Boston Red Sox&#8217;s start to spring training isn&#8217;t exactly going according to plan. New stars Walker Buehler, Garrett Crochet, and Alex Bregman have worked out for the first time with Boston, but they haven&#8217;t dominated the headlines.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Multiple-time All-Star Rafael Devers has grabbed the attention of the media after bluntly telling them &#8220;No&#8221; in response to a question about him moving positions to accommodate Bregman at the hot corner. It&#8217;s not the best way to get the chemistry clicking, but Bregman\u00a0managed to downplay Devers&#8217; response a bit. Good call by him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">\u201cI think\u00a0everybody here believes in their abilities\u00a0and I think all of us here believe if we all put together a good effort this season, we have a really good chance of being a winning baseball team,\u201d Bregman said. \u201cFor me, I can only talk for myself, but I\u2019ll play wherever helps the team win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Bregman is coming off a 2024 season when he was named the\u00a0AL Gold Glove Award winner\u00a0at third base after he posted a 1.0 defensive bWAR for the second straight season. Devers, on the other hand, has never registered a positive defensive bWAR in his career, logging 951 career games at third base.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Alex Bregman responds to Rafael Devers&#8217; comments in attempt to downplay Red Sox drama<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Despite Bregman clearly being the stronger defender at third, he still said he&#8217;ll play wherever Alex Cora decides to slot him. This obviously makes a strong first impression on the team, but having that team-first mentality is crucial for the Red Sox. They&#8217;re looking to contend in the AL East, and possibly compete as one of the two best clubs in the American League.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Devers&#8217; remarks are already putting a wedge between the team, and some players are taking sides.\u00a0Triston Casas is backing Devers, which is great to see a teammate doing so, but making that public could further divide the locker room. To Devers&#8217; credit, though, he\u00a0came into the spring not knowing\u00a0there was a chance that he would be moved. Understandably, this stings Devers, but his comments will more than likely come back to hurt him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Ideally, Boston fans would love for Devers and Bregman to coexist. In 2024, they were second and third among AL third basemen with 28 and 26 home runs, respectively, as well as 34 and 30 doubles. It shouldn&#8217;t matter where they end up playing defensively if it means winning games. Hopefully, Devers can put this behind him as the Red Sox embark on a season with lofty goals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 Boston Red Sox Spring Training | Maddie Malhotra\/Boston Red Sox\/GettyImages The Boston Red Sox&#8217;s start to spring training isn&#8217;t exactly going according to plan. 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