This story was excerpted from Ian Browne’s Red Sox Beat e-newsletter. To learn the complete e-newsletter, click on right here. And subscribe to get it commonly in your inbox. When Rafael Devers smashed profession homer No. 150 at Fenway Park on May 4, it wasn’t just a few spherical quantity. If you dig a bit of deeper, it serves as an indication of the harm Devers is more likely to do over the course of his profession with the Red Sox, which may put him within the pantheon of the franchise's nice hitters. By belting No. 150 in profession sport No. 721, Devers was the third-fastest participant to get to 150 for Boston.  The solely two to get there sooner have plaques on the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Ted Williams received there in 664 video games, and Jim Rice did it in 711 video gam...

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports The Cardinals snapped their eight-game dropping streak on Sunday due to Paul Goldschmidt’s three-homer day, however not earlier than discovering new methods to embarrass themselves this weekend. Saturday’s loss dropped them to 10–24, their worst document by 34 video games since 1907. On high of that, that very same day the staff declared that Willson Contreras, the marquee free-agent catcher signed in December to interchange the retired Yadier Molina, would now not be the first backstop however would as a substitute spend his time as a chosen hitter and nook outfielder, drastically lowering his worth. A day later, St. Louis backtracked, asserting that Contreras will DH however have a path to returning to catching duties. What on the earth? This is jaw-dropp...