Rafael Devers making first career start at first base

Giants slugger Rafael Devers will achieve a career first when he starts tonight’s game against the Braves at first base.

The 28-year-old Devers had spent the majority of his nine-year career at the hot corner heading into this season, but Boston’s signing of Gold Glove Award-winning third baseman Alex Bregman last winter signaled the club’s intention to move Devers, an inferior defensive third baseman to Bregman, off third base.

Since the trade, which netted the Red Sox two big league pitchers and a pair of prospects, Devers has exclusively served as the Giants’ designated hitter, hitting .219 with a .333 OBP and two homers in 29 games.

Wilmer Flores will serve as the DH in Tuesday night’s game at Truist Park, and Devers will bat third.