Have to wonder if they can move Yoshida and make Devers a full-time DH.”Abraham’s point is too logical to be seen as mere conjecture, even if it’s way too early for the Red Sox brass to have even considered moving Yoshida.

Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers said Sunday that he won’t need surgery and expects to be ready for spring training, a day after he was placed on the 10-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation.

Rafael Devers will avoid surgery on his left shoulder, manager Alex Cora said Sunday morning ahead of the Sox’ split doubleheader against the Twins. Devers underwent an MRI on his left shoulder, which revealed inflammation. His right shoulder has also been bothering him, but the left has caused the most issues.

The three shots — which traveled a combined 1,183 feet — were a reminder of what the 24-year-old first baseman is capable of and what the Red Sox missed for so much of the season after he tore rib cartilage in April after taking a big swing.

BOSTON — Boston’s Triston Casas homered in his first three at-bats and drove in seven runs on Sunday in the opener of a split doubleheader, carrying the Red Sox to an 8-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Winning for just the eighth time in their last 22 games, the Red Sox are just 23-36 since the All-Star break.

Boston Red Sox’s Triston Casas, center, celebrates after his solo home run with Vaughn Grissom (5) during the fifth inning of the first game of a baseball doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)