One day after Boston Red Sox DH RAFAEL DEVERS said it was “not a decision appropriate by them to ask“Him to play the first goal following Triston Casas‘ knee injury of the seasonThe team leaders met their franchise player in Kansas City. Owner John Henry, CEO Sam Kennedy and CBO Craig Breslow made the trip and Henry and Devers met head-on.
Here is what Breslow said about Henry’s meeting with aims during an appearance on Nesn (Transcription via athletics):
“John, Sam and I took the plane earlier this day, it was actually John who spoke directly with Raffy. We had the impression that it was important, on the basis of the situation which took place yesterday, to come here and to have an honest conversation on what we appreciate as an organization and what we think is important for the Boston Red Sox and which is to be formidable his teammates for the others.
The meeting tells us that the Red Sox believe that it is a serious matter. Breslow said that Devers is an important part of the team and that “it is important that these things are addressed head -on”. Earlier this week, Devers confirmed that Breslow approached her about the first base. Who came after a Backlin transition from the third base to DH following the Alex Bregman Sign in training in the spring.
Going from the third base to the first base is not an unusual decision. It’s a normal career progression, really. In the void, this is not an unreasonable request by the Red Sox. However, there were headaches on the third basis of training in the spring, after which Douvers said that the Red Sox “essentially told me to put my glove.” Then they asked him to break him again.
Obviously, there is a communication problem here. Whether you think that Devers is wrong to refuse to play the first goal or that the Red Sox managed the situation of the third base – and now this first basis situation – awkwardly, these are questions that must be addressed behind closed doors. It should not spread and become public. This is a problem. Put your house in order.
In addition, Devers could save the Red Sox of themselves by refusing to play the first goal. He was a bad defender in third row and he never played the first goal at any level, majors or minors. It is not an easy position and no field player manages the ball more. There is a chance that devers to the first goal would be very bad and the Red Sox would be worse in the big scheme of things.
“I know that I am a ball player, but at the same time, they cannot expect me to play each position there”, ” Devers said earlier this week. “In the training (spring), they told me about it and essentially told me to put my glove to put away, that I was not going to play another position, but DH. Right now, I just have the impression that it is not a decision appropriate by them to ask me to play another position. ”
The Red Sox played public service men Romy Gonzalez And Abraham Toro At the first base since Casas’ injury and their inexperience in this position has sometimes been shown. Boston does not have a first natural goal player hidden in triple-a and it will take weeks before the commercial market really warms up. It will be Gonzalez and Toro at first for the moment.
Devers, 28, entered the game on Friday with a shot line .255 / .379 / .445 and six circuits. He heads the American League with 29 ball goals. It is the second year of the extension of $ 103.5 million over 10 years which it signed in January 2023. The Red Sox were 20-19 entering the opening of the Friday series with the Royals In Kansas City, where Henry met with Devers.