The Red Sox slugger has struck out a record 15 times in his first five games. The good news is the root of Devers’s slump seems to be easily fixable.

Rafael Devers has had an abysmal start to the season for the Red Sox. One former front office executive provided four potential reasons for his struggles.

Red Sox slugger Rafael Devers is in a record-breaking slump. Former Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon said trimming some fat may help.

Finally, Rafael Devers can breathe a sigh of relief. To the joy of the Boston faithful in attendance at Camden Yards on Wednesday night, Devers’ 0-fer streak is no more.

Has it really only been a week since Opening Day? Here are seven new questions to think about as the Red Sox strand some more base-runners. 1. How have last week’s Red Sox Opening Day questions

The popular BaseballNutHistory X (formerly Twitter) account noted that Devers’ 15 strikeouts have come over 19 at-bats. On the other hand, Gwynn only struck out 19 times in 535 at-bats during the 1995 season.

Mark DeRosa and Brian Kenny share their thoughts on the torpedo bats, Rafael Devers, load management and more on this edition of The Showdown