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Devers

Devers, who has been having issues with both shoulders, was placed on the injured list Saturday, ending his season.

Devers is being shutdown for the year with left shoulder inflammation. He missed time in August with shoulder soreness, which appeared to be an issue again in September. Expect Nick Sogar and Romy Gonzalez to see the most time at third base over the last eight games of the season for Boston.

Devers has been limited by his right shoulder for weeks, and it looks like he’s finally calling it with the Red Sox essentially done. Boston could finish out the season with Nick Sogard and Romy Gonzalez at third and give Vaughn Grissom a brief look at second.

Devers is hitless in his last three games. He’s 0-for-11 with eight strikeouts in that time. It’s a frustrating stretch at this point of the season for fantasy managers. Devers missed multiple games in August with a shoulder injury, though he didn’t go on the injured list. It’s possible his shoulder is contributing to his problems at the plate right now.

Devers was hit by a pitch in the first inning, then was intentionally walked in the fourth before he stole second and scored on a double by Masataka Yoshida. He then drove in two runs in the fifth on a base hit. The 27-year-old star third baseman is slashing .278/.360/.531 with 28 homers, 86 runs scored, and 83 RBI across 581 plate appearances.

Devers is 1-for-13 with four strikeouts in his last three games since he received a few days off to rest his sore shoulder. It was a rough series for Devers in Detroit. He got one hit and it was just a single. His bat looked slow all weekend. Maybe he’ll turn it around next week, but his shoulder is certainly an issue to monitor. Devers is hitting .284 with a .919 OPS and 80 RBI on the year.

After missing each of the Red Sox’ last three games with a sore shoulder, Devers is back in there as the club’s designated hitter on Friday night. He’ll bat cleanup and take his hacks against Tigers’ right-hander Casey Mize.

Devers remains out of the lineup for the third consecutive contest due to ongoing shoulder soreness, which has been an issue he’s played through for the past few months. There was some optimism that he would return for Thursday’s contest, but the Red Sox are apparently going to give him another night off to rest and recover. Fantasy managers should still consider him day-to-day for now.

Red Sox’ skipper Alex Cora noted postgame on Tuesday that Devers was dealing with a minor shoulder issue and that’s why he was held out of Tuesday’s lineup. He’s considered day-to-day. Romy Gonzalez is drawing another start at third base in his absence and will bat eighth against Chris Bassitt and the Blue Jays on Wednesday evening.

It appears to be a routine off day for Boston’s current franchise cornerstone, who has been scuffling quite a bit of late, batting .192 (5-for-26) with one homer and three RBI over his last seven contests. The 27-year-old has been playing through a ton of minor physical issues this season, so a day off to rest and recharge probably isn’t the worst idea at this stage of the year. It’ll be Romy Gonzalez filling in at the hot corner in his absence.