"It's pretty evident that the Red Sox missed Rafael Devers's bat in their Wild Card Series loss to the Yankees. Boston scored just six runs over the three-game set, getting shut out with the season on the line in Thursday's Game 3. As a team, the Red Sox hit .198 in the series. Trevor Story's homer in Game 2 served as the Red Sox' only home run in the series, while the team only had four total extra-base hits (zero in Game 3)."
"The lefty hit .272 with a .905 OPS, 15 home runs, and 58 RBIs through the first 73 games of the season, playing in every game for the Red Sox up until that point. In the 89 games after the Devers trade, the Red Sox definitely didn't get the same amount of pop at designated hitter. Among the 12 players who started games at designated hitter, the Red Sox only hit 10 home runs at the position for the rest of the year."
Rafael Devers's absence reduced Boston's lineup power during the Wild Card Series against the Yankees, as the team scored six runs across three games and was shut out in Game 3. The Red Sox hit .198 in the series with only one home run by Trevor Story and four extra-base hits total. Devers had hit .272 with a .905 OPS, 15 homers and 58 RBIs in 73 games before the June trade. After the trade, 12 players started at designated hitter but combined for only 10 home runs, and Roman Anthony was the sole regular DH to post a higher batting average and OPS than Devers's Red Sox numbers.
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