Christopher Michael Devenski (born November 13, 1990), also known as "Devo", is an American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization.
[5][6] He made his professional debut with the Great Falls Voyagers of the Rookie-level Pioneer League.
He struggled with Lancaster, working to a 7.88 ERA in 75+1⁄3 innings pitched, and was demoted to the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Single–A Midwest League.
[10] Devenski started the 2014 season with Lancaster and received another midseason promotion, this time to the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Double–A Texas League.
[11] The Astros assigned Devenski to Fresno for Opening Day of the 2016 season, but promoted him to the major leagues on April 6.
[11] He was named to the American League's (AL) roster for the MLB All-Star Game on July 7.
On September 15, 2020, Devenski underwent arthroscopic surgery to remove a bone spur from his right elbow and missed the rest of the 2020 season.
[22] On January 20, 2021, Devenski signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
[25] On June 6, Devenski underwent Tommy John surgery, officially ending his 2021 season.
[28] Devenski returned to action rehabbing with the Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks, before later being elevated to the Triple-A Reno Aces, where he logged a 7.36 ERA across 6 appearances.
He made 9 appearances for the Triple–A Lehigh Valley IronPigs, posting a strong 1.04 ERA with 11 strikeouts across 8+2⁄3 innings pitched.
Devenski opted to remain with the Angels and report to the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees rather than exercising his opt-out clause.
On April 29, Devenski was selected to the active roster after José Quijada was placed on the injured list.
After spending a month on the injured list with a right hamstring strain, Devenski was activated on August 25 and subsequently designated for assignment.
On August 29, 2023, Devenski signed a major league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays.
Devenski became a free agent following the season and re-signed with the Rays on a new major league contract December 5, 2023.