BOSTON — It’s not the Rafael Devers news Red Sox fans were hoping for.
Tuesday afternoon, the Red Sox agreed to a one-year deal with Devers that will cover his final year of salary arbitration and pay him $17.5 million in 2023, as first reported by ESPN and later announced by the club.
At the very least, the team will avoid taking Devers to arbitration, which requires both sides to make arguments about why Devers deserves more or less money while a third-party arbiter decides on his contract.
