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Baby-faced Red Sox third-baseman
Rafael Devers knocked in
another run last night (of the two-out variety again) in
World Series Game One. Devers turns 22-years-old
today, and last night's achievement
allowed him to make some MLB history. He becomes
the only player in major league baseball history with at least one RBI in each of his first eight postseason starts. Think of that. It's pretty astounding. Moreover, Devers is now
tied with three other players for consecutive postseason starts with an RBI. Who are the others? How about:
Lou Gehrig,
Ryan Howard, and
Alex Rodriguez? Pretty amazing company. This kid is just
starting to fully "get it" and the years ahead should be extremely fruitful for him
and the Red Sox. Amazingly, he already has played in
11 postseason games—hitting .364 with three HRs and 13 RBIs! His career postseason OPS is an incredible 1.072.
Happy 22nd birthday, Raffy!
