{"id":846721,"date":"2026-09-13T20:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T20:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/846721\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T20:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T20:24:24","slug":"giants-slugger-devers-season-ends-early-due-to-core-muscle-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/846721\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants slugger Devers&#8217; season ends early due to core muscle injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">SAN FRANCISCO &#8212; <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/sf\/san-francisco-giants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Giants<\/a> slugger <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33859\/rafael-devers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rafael Devers<\/a>&#8216; season is over, and he may have surgery for a core muscle injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Giants placed the first baseman\/designated hitter and designated hitter on the 60-day injured list Sunday, ending his season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Devers, who leads the team with 37 homers and 98 RBIs, is to meet Monday in Philadelphia with Dr. William Meyers. If a procedure is recommended, Devers would have the operation on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">San Francisco said Devers played with the injury for much of this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Devers homered in his last two games and had eight home runs with 20 RBIs in his final 11 games.<\/p>\n<p>Top Stories<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"iVcn UbGlr ibBnq qdXbA avodi DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE QGHKv HNQqj ICwhc Bkgbl ZLXw kSqqG rEBmF sfsRN \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/tracy-high-school-head-football-coach-arrested-cellphone-discovered-student-locker-room-police-say\/19827102\/\" aria-label=\"CA high school football coach arrested after cellphone discovered in students locker room: police 2026-09-13T20:16:12.000Z\" aria-describedby=\"CAhighschoolfootballbody details\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/13793537_PoliceLights2ABC11.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In the third season of a $313.5 million, 10-year contract, Devers was acquired from Boston in June 2025. He was batting .207 with two homers through April but has raised his average to .258.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Devers has a .274 and 272 home runs in 10 major league seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">San Francisco selected the contract of outfielder Scott Bandura from Triple-A Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. 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