Red Sox owner, staff fly to meet frustrated $313.5 million star amid position drama: reports

Rafael Devers' presumption saga continues, and now, it appears the beforehand bureau is getting involved.

Devers, who has played 3rd basal his full vocation with the Boston Red Sox, recovered himself successful a peculiar spot erstwhile the squad signed Alex Bregman, besides a lifelong 3rd baseman (and a overmuch amended antiaircraft one), soon earlier the play started.

Devers is simply a three-time All-Star, and contempt plentifulness of turnover successful Boston (most notably, trading Mookie Betts successful 2020), Devers was the 1 prima the squad opted to keep. They signed him to an 11-year woody worthy $313.5 cardinal up of the 2023 season, which would person been a declaration year.

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Mar 27, 2025; Arlington, Texas: Boston Red Sox designated hitter Rafael Devers (11) walks successful the dugout successful the archetypal inning against the Texas Rangers astatine Globe Life Field. (Tim Heitman-Imagn Images)

But contempt some sides showing loyalty to 1 different successful those discussions, determination is present immoderate aggravated play brewing.

The program aft Bregman signed appeared to beryllium to determination Devers to second, but Devers really has lone DH'd this year. Bregman, meanwhile, has manned the blistery corner, and the emergence of rookie Kristian Campbell astatine 2nd has near Devers without a presumption successful the field.

Well, archetypal baseman Triston Casas is retired for the play with a genu injury, and the Sox approached Devers with the thought of playing archetypal base, but helium unopen it down rather quickly.

Now, it's being reported that Sox proprietor John Henry, wide manager Craig Breslow and squad president Sam Kennedy each flew to Kansas City, wherever the Sox are playing this weekend, to conscionable with the four-time All-Star.

Manager Alex Cora spoke privately with Devers connected Friday, and it's been reported that Devers' cognition astir the positions has not been well-received successful the clubhouse.

Rafael Devers, #11 of the Boston Red Sox, reacts earlier a Spring Training Grapefruit League crippled against the Tampa Bay Rays connected February 26, 2023, astatine jetBlue Park astatine Fenway South successful Fort Myers, Florida. (Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)

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During his nationalist rebuttal of the imaginable presumption change, Devers cited the Red Sox' erstwhile instructions related to him utilizing his glove.

"I cognize I’m a ballplayer, but astatine the aforesaid time, they can’t expect maine to play each azygous presumption retired there," Devers said via a translator, per the Boston Globe. "In outpouring training, they talked to maine and fundamentally told maine to enactment distant my glove, that I wasn't going to play immoderate different presumption but DH."

"So close now, I conscionable consciousness similar it’s not an due determination by them to inquire maine to play different position," helium added.

Devers past questioned whether Breslow, the pitcher-turned squad executive, had immoderate level of discontent towards him. 

"I’m not definite what [issue] helium has with me," Devers told reporters. "He played ball, and I would similar to deliberation that helium knows that changing positions similar that isn’t easy."

Devers is presently hitting .253, his lowest since a .240 run successful 2018, his 2nd twelvemonth successful the large leagues. He leads the American League successful some strikeouts and walks. 

Boston Red Sox's Rafael Devers, right, celebrates with Adam Duvall, left, aft scoring connected his location tally successful the seventh inning of a shot crippled against the New York Mets, Sunday, July 23, 2023, successful Boston.  (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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He has not played different presumption since playing 1 inning astatine shortstop successful 2023, retired of desperation. In total, helium has played 3 vocation innings astatine each mediate infield position, and good implicit 8,000 astatine third.

Fox News' Chantz Martin contributed to this report.

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