The owner of the Red Sox, John Henry, meets Rafael Devers about remarks

Kansas City, MO. – The owner of the Boston Red Sox, John Henry, met the unhappy star Rafael Devers on Friday afternoon, making a rare trip to meet the team on the road after Devers expressed his disillusionment with the suggestion of the organization he changed position for the second time in two months.

Joined by the Director of Red Sox Baseball, Craig Breslow, and President Sam Kennedy, Henry went to Kansas City on Friday to contact the fire storm after Devers opposed the first base at the first base after the knee injury of the Triston Casas season.

Devers, who signed a $ 103.5 million contract over 10 years with Boston in January 2023, told journalists on Thursday that he would not go to the first basis and criticized Breslow, saying: “I do not understand some of the decisions that the GM takes.” During training in the spring, Devers said that he did not want to leave the third goal – the position he had played during his first eight seasons of major leagues – after the signing of the free agent of the title winner of the American League Alex Bregman. Finally, Devers agreed to become DH from Boston, where he played in each of the team’s 40 games this season.

Devers met Henry and manager Alex Cora before Friday’s match and had what Breslow tried “an honest conversation on what we appreciate as an organization and what we believe is important for the Boston Red Sox”. The Red Sox used Romy Gonzalez and Abraham Toro – the two men of public services – to connect the hole to the first basis in the middle of a 20-19 start.

“He expressed his feelings. John did the same thing,” said Cora. “I think the most important thing here is that we are trying to accomplish something big here. And obviously, there are changes on the list, the situations that have occurred, and you have to adapt.”

Breslow had introduced the possibility of switching to the first goal at the devers, 28 years old, a triple All-Star which, after a bad start, entered the Friday match against the Kansas City Royals reaching .255 / .379 / .455 with 6 circuits, 25 RBI and a walk in al-leading 29.

Devers did not kindly have the idea, saying Thursday: “They told me that I was going to play this post, DH, and now they go back on this. So, I don’t think they have been faithful to their word.”

The inventory of the comments of Devers encouraged Henry, who refused to comment, to fly halfway across the country and to try to put in bed problems that have stimulated since training in the spring.

Bregman’s signature, which was the best player of the Red Sox, accelerated in removal of the third base, which, according to the assessors, was an inevitability, even with its improvements to the position. The first basis had been considered its most likely landing point, but the presence of Casas pushed devers to DH, a movement he pushed before ultimately conforming.

The disappointment of deans in the spring, according to sources, arise from feeling blind by the lack of communication concerning the initial position switch.

“It is my job to always put the priorities of the organization first,” said Breslow, “but I should also assess all the interactions I have with the players, and I will continue to do it.”

That Devers be finally accepted to go to the first – which could free up a programming place for Roman Anthony, the best hope of baseball, or the outgoing DH Masataka Yoshida after having recovered from the shoulder shoulder surgery – is a “secondary” problem at the moment, said Breslow.

“This decision was never going to be made on a sofa in a desk in Kansas City,” he said, “and this conversation is underway. The most important thing here is that we believe that we have a very good team that is able to win a lot of games and play significant games in the section. This is what we have to stay focused on.”

Adding Cora: “The plan is to continue to have conversations.”