September 21: Devers has cleared outright waivers and been outrighted to Triple-A, according to the Transactions Tracker on Devers’s MLB.com profile page.
September 19: The Marlins have designated infielder Jose Devers for assignment, tweets Issac Azout of Fish on First. Miami also optioned infielder David Hensley to Triple-A Jacksonville. That pair of moves will create space for the return of outfielder Derek Hill and infielder/outfielder Vidal Brujan, both of whom have been reinstated from the 10-day injured list.
It’s the second DFA in the career of Devers, who came to Miami alongside Starlin Castro and Jorge Guzman in the Giancarlo Stanton blockbuster with the Yankees. Devers was also designated for assignment back in 2022 but remained with the organization after going unclaimed on outright waivers. This time around, if he clears, he’ll have the opportunity to elect minor league free agency (as is the right of all players who have previously been outrighted at least once in their career).
Devers, 24, has only received 50 plate appearances in the majors — 46 back in 2021 and just four this season. He’s posted a .244/.300/.311 slash in that tiny sample. It’s tough to glean much information from such minimal playing time, but then again, Devers has hardly forced his way into the big league picture with his minor league play.
To the contrary, Devers has struggled considerably at the plate both in Double-A and Triple-A. He was never projected to hit for power even as a young prospect, instead drawing praise for his speed, glove and bat-to-ball skills. He’s indeed proven tough to strike out, fanning in about 16% of his plate appearances both in Double-A and Triple-A, but he’s also been unable to hit the ball with any sort of authority. Devers is a career .251/.319/.380 hitter in 673 Double-A plate appearances and just a .238/.296/.352 hitter in 249 Triple-A turns at the plate. Despite often being credited with plus speed, he’s never been much of a baserunning threat.
Injuries have played a role in Devers’ struggles. He hit the injured list with a right shoulder impingement early in 2021, not long after making his debut, and eventually underwent surgery to repair the labrum in that shoulder. Recovery from that August surgery unsurprisingly lingered into the 2022 season and limited him to just 60 games overall. Devers appeared in just 96 games in ’23 thanks to further trips to the injured list. He’s posted a tepid .239/.304/.362 batting line in 54 games and 208 Triple-A plate appearances this season.
Trade him to Boston and maybe Cole will walk both Devers’.
Old – You beat me to it again!
…or drill them…
The headline for this really should have been just “Devers designated for assignment.”
“Still a dumba$$”…Do you often berate and belittle random people you’ve never even met?..Did Derek Jeter steal your girlfriend in an alternate reality?
mlb – Maybe inutero is the other Derek in the Capital One commercial.
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I wouldn’t be shocked. It is well known Jeter enjoyed being single for a very long time. The rumor on the streets of NYC was he loved eating the booty.
“That defends his time as a GM…on the side”…I actually didn’t comment on Jeter’s time as GM. I was mostly just wondering why someone makes insulting, belittling, personal remarks about someone they don’t know and have never met? Using insults as the basis for a point usually means it’s a weak point.
And I guess the “amazing” amount of “success” the Florida Marlins have had both before and after Derek Jeter proves you are right about him being a bad GM, right? Just for your own information, the Marlins were already consistently losing when Derek Jeter was still in the prime of his Hall of Fame playing career.
I hate it whenever politicians just give word salads that make you go like “what are you trying to sell me?”
I only read the bottomline of the headline, my heart skipped a beat after reading Devers DFA’d lol
safe to say his cousin has had much better success.
hopefully Jose figures it out and gets lucky.
What ever happened with Starlin Castro? He has been playing in Mexico and can still hit, yet not even on a minors contract in the last few years? How did a young talented short-stop like this disappear from MLB? Devers is probably “Devers-stated” from the DFA. If he learns how to steal a bag, he may yet have a shot down the line.
Domestic Violence, look into it
Miami can have Stanton back for 3 hot dogs and 6 baseballs.
Not a good day for guys named Devers.