Rafael Devers

Bats L Throws R6'0" 240 lbBorn 1996 Sanchez, D.R.Debut 2017Team SF2x All-StarContract 10 y/$313.5M (24-33)* 2026: $23,812,620

Awards: AL Silver Slugger, Silver Slugger

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 127.9FIELD+ 99.0 at 1BTotal 3.73 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	536	459	116	24	0	25	69	125	1	0.254	0.354	0.467	0.821	0.213	0.353	23.4	12.9	129.0	3.57
2027	571	495	125	25	1	27	67	140	1	0.252	0.343	0.471	0.814	0.220	0.349	24.5	11.7	130.2	3.89

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 135 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Rafael Palmeiro	1993	129.7	135.5	498
2	Rod Carew	1974	128.2	154.7	617
3	Anthony Rizzo	2018	130.8	139.5	613
4	Norm Siebern	1962	125.8	110.6	644
5	Keith Hernandez	1982	133.2	132.9	633
6	Freddie Freeman	2018	138.0	134.7	692
7	Mo Vaughn	1996	130.3	150.9	628
8	Boog Powell	1970	137.3	140.5	509
9	Jason Thompson	1983	126.8	109.9	636
10	Kent Hrbek	1988	129.5	138.5	434

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			571		125	25	1	27		1	67	140	0.252	0.343	0.471	0.814	130.2
2026*	SFN	127	535	67	117	31	1	25		0	53	141	0.245	0.320	0.472	0.791	120.3
2025	SF	163	729	99	153	33	0	35	109	1	112	192	0.252	0.372	0.479	0.851	139.1
2024	BOS	138	601	87	143	34	5	28	83	3	67	147	0.272	0.354	0.516	0.871	136.6
2023	BOS	153	656	90	157	34	0	33	100	5	62	126	0.271	0.351	0.500	0.851	123.6
2022	BOS	141	614	84	164	42	1	27	88	3	50	114	0.295	0.358	0.521	0.879	138.3
2021	BOS	156	664	101	165	37	1	38	113	5	62	143	0.279	0.352	0.538	0.890	129.0
2020	BOS	57	248	32	61	16	1	11	43	0	13	67	0.263	0.310	0.483	0.793	108.0
2019	BOS	156	702	129	201	54	4	32	115	8	48	119	0.311	0.361	0.555	0.916	131.1
2018	BOS	121	490	59	108	24	0	21	66	5	38	121	0.240	0.298	0.433	0.731	89.8
2017	BOS	58	240	34	63	14	0	10	30	3	18	57	0.284	0.338	0.482	0.819	109.3
Career		1143	4944	715	1215	288	12	235	747	33	470	1086	0.276	0.349	0.506	0.855	126.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	533	92.5	14.8	10.7	50.7	29.2	30.5	0.228	0.437	0.321	26.1
2025	729	93.5	12.6	16.0	56.1	31.6	25.6	0.244	0.487	0.367	25.0
2024	601	93.2	11.6	13.1	52.6	30.9	30.4	0.267	0.514	0.366	26.5
2023	656	93.1	12.4	12.7	55.1	26.1	32.5	0.276	0.543	0.379	26.0
2022	614	93.1	11.3	11.5	50.9	28.2	36.2	0.280	0.514	0.365	25.6
2021	664	92.9	13.1	15.1	51.8	27.7	32.5	0.285	0.565	0.391	27.1
2020	248	93.0	10.6	12.2	43.6	31.7	38.6	0.256	0.460	0.328	26.7
2019	702	92.5	10.5	10.0	48.5	24.0	37.4	0.298	0.526	0.367	27.1
2018	490	90.9	11.2	10.1	42.0	27.5	32.6	0.233	0.407	0.303	27.3
2017	240	89.7	8.6	9.3	44.2	26.4	32.3	0.231	0.417	0.299	28.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SF	1B	28	249	208	24	2	19	0.991	+1.2
2025	SF	3B	1	9	0	3	0	1	1.000	-0.2
2024	BOS	3B	130	1138	102	185	12	19	0.960	-8.0
2023	BOS	3B	151	1293	104	247	19	24	0.949	-3.4
2023	BOS	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2022	BOS	3B	138	1186	124	255	14	29	0.964	-4.7
2021	BOS	3B	151	1299	147	269	22	37	0.950	-13.3
2021	BOS	2B	2	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0.4
2020	BOS	3B	57	475	30	84	14	12	0.891	-9.7
2019	BOS	3B	152	1353	117	292	22	20	0.949	-11.4
2019	BOS	SS	1	2	0	0	0	0
2018	BOS	3B	116	1017	57	245	24	14	0.926	-6.9
2017	BOS	3B	56	508	28	107	14	12	0.906	-6.6

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2018	AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	Bat	22	1 HR, 0 SB	0.333	0.935
2017	AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	Bat	38	2 HR, 0 SB	0.400	1.047
2017	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Bat	320	18 HR, 0 SB	0.300	0.944
2016	A+	Salem Red Sox	Bat	546	11 HR, 18 SB	0.282	0.778
2015	A	Greenville Drive	Bat	508	11 HR, 3 SB	0.288	0.772
2014	Rk	DSL Red Sox	Bat	128	3 HR, 4 SB	0.337	0.983
2014	Rk	GCL Red Sox	Bat	174	4 HR, 1 SB	0.312	0.858
2014	Rk	nan	Bat	302	7 HR, 5 SB	0.322	0.910

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.253	0.385	0.342	0.339
2025	0.326	0.394	0.392	0.349
2024	0.305	0.411	0.405	0.339
2023	0.373	0.369	0.367	0.374
2022	0.330	0.400	0.414	0.354
2021	0.335	0.415	0.386	0.382
2020	0.301	0.376	0.347	0.352
2019	0.338	0.431	0.403	0.400

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	11	44	11	13	5	12	0	7	8	0.295	0.392	0.636	1.029
2018	11	34	7	10	1	9	1	3	13	0.294	0.351	0.382	0.734
2017	4	11	3	4	2	5	0	2	4	0.364	0.429	0.909	1.338
Career	26	89	21	27	8	26	1	12	25	0.303	0.382	0.573	0.955