Rafael Devers: #17 in season WAR for third basemen 2018-2024. Owed quarter of billion dollars.

Rafael Devers: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/deverra01.shtml

August 9, 2013: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 2025: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the San Francisco Giants for Jose Bello (minors), James Tibbs (minors), Kyle Harrison and Jordan Hicks.

Year	Age	Tm	Salary	SrvTm	Sources	Notes/Other Sources
2018	21	Boston Red Sox	$564,500	0.070
2019	22	Boston Red Sox	$614,500	1.070	contract
2021	24	Boston Red Sox	$4,575,000	3.070	contract
2022	25	Boston Red Sox	$11,200,000	4.070	contract
2023	26	Boston Red Sox	$17,500,000	5.070
2024	27	Boston Red Sox	$29,500,000	6.070	contract
2025	28	Boston Red Sox	$29,500,000	7.070
2026	29	Boston Red Sox	$29,500,000
2027	30	Boston Red Sox	$33,000,000
2028	31	Boston Red Sox	$33,000,000
2029	32	Boston Red Sox	$33,000,000
2030	33	Boston Red Sox	$33,000,000
2031	34	Boston Red Sox	$31,000,000
2032	35	Boston Red Sox	$31,000,000
2033	36	Boston Red Sox	$31,000,000
		Earliest Free Agent: 2034
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$93,454,000	Does not include future salaries ($254.5M)

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For single seasons, from 2018 to 2024, Played at 3B, in the regular season, requiring Wins Above Replacement (WAR) >= 5, sorted by descending Wins Above Replacement (WAR).

At least 75% of games at 3B.

BOLD: led league

Rk	Player	WAR	OPS+	Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	IBB	oWAR	dWAR	Rfield	Pos
1	Nolan Arenado	7.9	151	2022	31	STL	NL	148	620	557	73	163	90	42	1	30	103	52	72	.293	.358	.533	.891	297	3	5.7	2.4	20	*5D/H
2	José Ramírez	7.6	151	2018	25	CLE	AL	157	698	578	110	156	75	38	4	39	105	106	80	.270	.387	.552	.939	319	15	7.5	0.5	0	*54/D
3	Alex Bregman	7.6	152	2018	24	HOU	AL	157	705	594	105	170	87	51	1	31	103	96	85	.286	.394	.532	.926	316	2	7.2	0.8	2	*56/47
4	Matt Chapman	7.4	137	2018	25	OAK	AL	145	616	547	100	152	80	42	6	24	68	58	146	.278	.356	.508	.864	278	0	5.1	2.8	22	*5
5	Matt Chapman	7.3	127	2019	26	OAK	AL	156	670	583	102	145	70	36	3	36	91	73	147	.249	.342	.506	.848	295	0	4.9	2.7	23	*5
6	Anthony Rendon	7.3	157	2019	29	WSN	NL	146	646	545	117	174	93	44	3	34	126	80	86	.319	.412	.598	1.010	326	8	6.7	0.9	8	*5/4
7	Matt Chapman	7.1	125	2024	31	SFG	NL	154	647	575	98	142	74	39	2	27	78	64	158	.247	.328	.463	.790	266	3	5.4	2.2	17	*5/H
8	Nolan Arenado	7.1	131	2019	28	COL	NL	155	662	588	102	185	111	31	2	41	118	62	93	.315	.379	.583	.962	343	11	5.1	2.4	22	*5/H
9	José Ramírez	6.8	145	2024	31	CLE	AL	158	682	620	114	173	93	39	2	39	118	54	82	.279	.335	.537	.872	333	12	6.2	0.7	6	*5D
10	Manny Machado	6.8	157	2022	29	SDP	NL	150	644	578	100	172	102	37	1	32	102	63	133	.298	.366	.531	.898	307	10	7.0	0.1	-2	*5D/H
11	José Ramírez	6.6	142	2021	28	CLE	AL	152	636	552	111	147	74	32	5	36	103	72	87	.266	.355	.538	.893	297	10	5.8	1.0	8	*5D/H
12	Austin Riley	6.4	140	2022	25	ATL	NL	159	693	615	90	168	89	39	2	38	93	57	168	.273	.349	.528	.878	325	1	5.6	1.3	7	*5/3H
13	Nolan Arenado	6.3	133	2018	27	COL	NL	156	673	590	104	175	97	38	2	38	110	73	122	.297	.374	.561	.935	331	10	5.2	1.5	12	*5/DH
14	Austin Riley	6.3	135	2021	24	ATL	NL	160	662	590	91	179	112	33	1	33	107	52	168	.303	.367	.531	.898	313	2	5.0	1.5	13	*53/H9
15	Austin Riley	6.0	130	2023	26	ATL	NL	159	715	636	117	179	107	32	3	37	97	59	172	.281	.345	.516	.861	328	4	5.2	1.3	9	*5
16	José Ramírez	5.9	148	2022	29	CLE	AL	157	685	601	90	168	90	44	5	29	126	69	82	.280	.355	.514	.869	309	20	5.8	0.2	1	*5D
17	Rafael Devers	5.4	132	2019	22	BOS	AL	156	702	647	129	201	111	54	4	32	115	48	119	.311	.361	.555	.916	359	7	5.7	0.1	-4	*5/H6D
18	Josh Donaldson	5.3	126	2019	33	ATL	NL	155	659	549	96	142	72	33	0	37	94	100	155	.259	.379	.521	.900	286	2	4.6	1.0	9	*5/HD
19	Anthony Rendon	5.2	137	2018	28	WSN	NL	136	597	529	88	163	93	44	2	24	92	55	82	.308	.374	.535	.909	283	5	5.0	0.6	4	*5
20	Yoán Moncada	5.1	140	2019	24	CHW	AL	132	559	511	83	161	97	34	5	25	79	40	154	.315	.367	.548	.915	280	2	5.1	0.4	0	*5/DH
21	Manny Machado	5.0	131	2021	28	SDP	NL	153	640	564	92	157	96	31	2	28	106	63	102	.278	.347	.489	.836	276	10	4.5	0.8	6	*5/HD

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Rafael Devers traded to Giants: #17 in OPS+ among active players. Is that great?  Sunday, June 15, 2025

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