Boston Red Sox’ Star Likely to Miss Friday’s Game, Fueling More Worry About Injury

The Boston Red Sox now have more to be worried about than just a sweep at the hands of the Baltimore Orioles. The Sox, who have lost three straight, also need to be worried about the health of superstar Rafael Devers, who missed Thursday’s game and is likely to miss at least Friday’s game with a still bothersome shoulder.

Per Jen McCaffrey of ‘The Athletic’ on social media:

Cora said there’s no fracture for Romy Gonzalez. Sounds like Devers will need at least another day.

Devers’ shoulder has been bothering him since the end of spring training and he also missed two games in the season-opening series against Seattle. Furthermore, on Thursday night, the Sox were essentially out of bench players, but they elected to lose the DH and put the pitcher in the lineup rather than put Devers into the game.

After having already lost Lucas Giolito and Trevor Story for the season, any loss of Devers will undoubtedly continue to set the Red Sox back.

One of the best hitters in baseball over the last few years, he’s a lifetime .279 hitter with 174 home runs. He’s a two-time All-Star and a 2018 World Series champion. Having debuted in 2017, Devers has been remarkably durable. He has never played less than 121 games in any full season (and he played 57/60 games in the COVID 2020 season). He hit a career-high 38 homers back in 2021 and has three seasons of 100 RBI or more.

The Red Sox will play the Angels on Friday night at 7:10 p.m. ET.

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