{"id":153520,"date":"2026-09-01T01:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T05:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/rafael-devers-reaches-30-home-runs-in-mlb-for-the-fifth-time-in-his-career\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T01:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T05:49:08","slug":"rafael-devers-reaches-30-home-runs-in-mlb-for-the-fifth-time-in-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/rafael-devers-reaches-30-home-runs-in-mlb-for-the-fifth-time-in-his-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Devers reaches 30 home runs in MLB for the fifth time in his career"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rafael Devers reaches 30 home runs and reaffirms his power in the Major Leagues<\/h2>\n\n<p>The stellar Dominican third baseman, Rafael Devers, once again demonstrated his offensive capability by hitting his 30th home run of the current season. With this hit, the player reaches the 30-homer mark for the fifth time in his professional career, solidifying himself as one of the most consistent figures in Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n\n<p>The feat occurred during this Monday&#8217;s matchup against the Atlanta Braves. In the very first inning, Devers deciphered an 87.5 mph cutter sent by pitcher Bryce Elder, depositing the ball 402 feet away into right field. The impact recorded an impressive exit velocity of 107.3 mph with a 31-degree launch angle.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An elite career path before the age of 30<\/h3>\n\n<p>At 29 years old, Devers has achieved a significant milestone by recording five seasons of at least 30 home runs before reaching his third decade of life. His power history in the majors is summarized as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2019: 32 home runs.<\/li>\n<li>2021: 38 home runs.<\/li>\n<li>2023: 33 home runs.<\/li>\n<li>2025: 35 home runs (current season).<\/li>\n<li>Current season: 30 home runs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Rafael Devers&#8217; consistency at the plate keeps him as one of the most feared hitters of his generation, ratifying his immediate impact in his new chapter with the San Francisco Giants.<\/p><cite>Alofoke Deportes<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adaptation and great offensive moment<\/h3>\n\n<p>This achievement comes in the midst of an adaptation campaign for the Dominican player, who is playing his first full year with the San Francisco Giants organization. Before this game, Devers had accumulated 78 RBIs and maintained an offensive line of .251\/.328\/.485 after 582 plate appearances.<\/p>\n\n<p>The third baseman has shown a notable improvement in his recent offensive rhythm, tallying three home runs in his last seven games and five in his past 15 contests. With this performance, Devers continues his upward trajectory, reaffirming that his power production capacity remains intact at the highest level of professional baseball.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael Devers reaches 30 home runs and reaffirms his power in the Major Leagues The stellar Dominican third baseman, Rafael Devers, once again demonstrated his offensive capability by hitting his 30th home run of the current season. With this hit, the player reaches the 30-homer mark for the fifth time in his professional career, solidifying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[88,1117,344,1291],"class_list":{"0":"post-153520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-home-runs","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-rafael-devers"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}