Red Sox: Rafael Devers projected to earn 25 million a year in free agency

Since he made his debut in 2017, Rafael Devers has become one of the best hitters around MLB and luckily for the Boston Red Sox, ‘Carita’ has been key in the recent successes of the organization including that World Series of 2018. However, the moment when the Dominican will start to earn a lot of money is getting closer and closer and the question is about whether Boston is willing to keep him on the team or let him go into free agency.

Devers will enter his second year of umpiring in 2022 and will become a free agent for the 2024 season, with the question looming here being whether Red Sox general manager Chaim Bloom isn’t afraid to ditch stars like that. He proved it 2 years ago by trading Mookie Betts to the Red Sox before he became a free agent, he will be willing to keep Devers beyond the end of his current contract.

According to projections from NBC Sports Boston’s John Tomase, Rafael Devers could sign a nine-figure contract in free agency with a median annual salary of around $ 25 million or more, depending on how he performs in 2022 and 2023. , having the Red Sox considering their options.

Bloom’s approach with the roster is undoubtedly to cut costs where necessary, so it would not be a surprise to see them not re-sign Rafael Devers and even trade him before he reaches free agency, although they could go out of their way to offer him a contract in the next few years looking to accept less money.

In 5 years in MLB, all with the Red Sox, Devers is hitting .279 / .338 / .509 with 112 homers, 367 RBIs, 120 OPS + and 10.8 WAR, winning a World Series, a Silver Bat and named to an All-Star Game.

Gabriel Delgado

I started as a rookie on Al Bat in early 2018 and I’m going into my third season covering Major League Baseball as a web reporter. I am a fan of the San Francisco Giants, a number one defender of Barry Bonds and a critic of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fernando Tatis Jr., Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña are the future of baseball, Mike Trout is overrated, and the Astros deserved to be taken away from the World Series for cheating. Besides baseball, I also enjoy soccer, football, basketball, and just about any other game that includes a ball or a ball. I am also an amateur musician, penniless gamer and very nerdy. Graduated in journalism from the University of Guadalajara, I graduated in 2017. Born in the shrimp capital of the world, Escuinapa, Sinaloa. I lived in Australia for a while; i survived giant spiders, tasmanian devils and fought a kangaroo and didn’t die trying.

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