Red Sox owner John Henry meets with Rafael Devers over remarks - ESPN

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Boston Red Sox owner John Henry met with disgruntled star Rafael Devers on Friday afternoon, making a rare trip to meet the team on the road after Devers expressed disillusionment with the organization's suggestion he switch positions for the second time in two months.

Joined by Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow and president Sam Kennedy, Henry flew to Kansas City on Friday to address the firestorm after Devers objected to moving from designated hitter to first base following a season-ending knee injury to Triston Casas.

Devers, who signed a 10-year, $313.5 million contract with Boston in January 2023, told reporters Thursday that he would not move to first base and criticized Breslow, saying: «I don't understand some of the decisions that the GM makes.» During spring training, Devers said he did not want to move off third base — the position he had played in his first eight major league seasons — after the free agent signing of reigning American League Gold Glove winner Alex Bregman. Eventually, he agreed to become Boston's DH, where he has played in each of the team's 40 games this season.

Devers met with Henry and manager Alex Cora before Friday's game and had what Breslow deemed «an honest conversation about what we value as an organization and what we believe is important to the Boston Red Sox.» The Red Sox have been using Romy Gonzalez and Abraham Toro — both utility men — to plug the hole at first base amid a 20-19 start.

«He expressed his feelings. John did the same thing,» Cora said. «I think the most important thing here is we're trying to accomplish something big here. And obviously there's changes on the roster, situations that happened, and you have to adjust.»

Breslow had