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Red Sox third base prospect Rafael Devers is enjoying a promising start to the season at Class A Greenville. The 18-year-old is batting .331 with a .477 slugging percentage, .839 OPS, one triple, three home runs, 14 doubles and 23 RBI in 43 games.
Devers, who is considered a top-100 prospect by MLB.com (No. 96) and Baseball America (No. 99), has a .326/.388/.494/.883 slash line in 113 minor-league games.
"In terms of the swing it’s self, I’ve heard people comp him to Robinson Cano,” Greenville manager Darren Fenster told WEEI.com. "Just with the whip that he has from the left side and the path that he has.
"He’s got a very good middle of the field approach where for me all hitting is is timing and the middle of the field represents being on time and he spent so much of his work day before the game just trying to hammer the ball right back through the box -- back at the pitcher. Using the length of the cage when he’s in there and that puts him in a very good position to be on time."
