Pink Sox brass flew to Kansas Metropolis to tame the Rafael Devers scenario on Friday.
Proprietor John Henry, group president Sam Kennedy and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow met the group on the highway as a feud between the star third baseman and entrance workplace escalated this week, in response to a number of reviews.
Earlier this week, Devers, who reluctantly moved from third base to designated hitter earlier than the season began following the Alex Bregman signing, stated he wasn’t keen to maneuver to first base after the Pink Sox misplaced Triston Casas to a season-ending harm.
“I know I’m a ballplayer, but at the same time, they can’t expect me to play every single position out there,” Devers stated by way of a translator, in response to the Boston Globe. “In spring coaching, they talked to me and principally advised me to place away my glove, that I wasn’t going to play every other place however DH.
“So right now, I just feel like it’s not an appropriate decision by them to ask me to play another position.”
Devers seems to be clashing with Breslow, particularly, after questioning if he had an issue with him when speaking to reporters earlier this week.
“I’m not certain what [issue] he has with me,” Devers. “He played ball, and I would like to think that he knows that changing positions like that isn’t easy.”
Breslow advised MassLive’s Chris Cotillo that Henry and Pink Sox supervisor Alex Cora spoke privately with Devers on Friday.
“We felt like it was important, based on the situation that unfolded yesterday, to come out here and have an honest conversation about what we value as an organization and what we believe is important to the Boston Red Sox,” Breslow stated. “That being great teammates for each other.”
Devers’ teammates reportedly aren’t thrilled with the three-time All-Star’s actions of late.
His postgame tirade on Thursday elicited “not positive” reactions from teammates within the clubhouse on the time, in response to Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald.
