Rafael Devers went 0-for-3 and then tried to decline being lifted for a pinch-runner following a ninth-inning walk Sunday in the Giants’ 2-1 loss to the Marlins.
This was pretty amazingly immature stuff. The bench signaled to Devers that he was coming out, and he started shaking his finger at the manager. As Jonah Cox got to first base to sub in for him, Devers tried to wave him off and send him back out to the dugout, leaving the rookie bewildered. Finally, the first base ump had to step in and indicate that Cox was in the game, at which point Devers walked the dugout and threw off his helmet. It’ll be interesting to see if anything results from this. Most players would probably get benched for a game at minimum.
