A couple weeks ago, a one-in four shot to make the division series looked pretty good.

The starting pitching, fronted by Chris Sale , has been fantastic with a 3.82 FIP and 4.01 ERA, which rank fourth and sixth, respectively.

In the grand tradition of Matt Carpenter (and Eddie Matthews, Wade Boggs, and George Brett, Devers is a left-handed hitting third baseman .

He’s been solid since coming back and looked good his last two starts giving up just two runs in 12 innings to go along with 12 strikeouts and four walks.

The lefty throws a 93-mph fourseamer most of the time, but also mixes in a change, a cutter and occasionally a slider or sinker.