Purple Sox brass flew to Kansas Metropolis to tame the Rafael Devers state of affairs on Friday.
Proprietor John Henry, crew president Sam Kennedy and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow met the crew on the highway as a feud between the star third baseman and entrance workplace escalated this week, in response to a number of experiences.
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 Purple Sox misplaced Triston Casas to a season-ending harm.
“I do know I’m a ballplayer, however on the similar time, they’ll’t count on me to play each single place on the market,” Devers stated via a translator, in response to the Boston Globe. “In spring coaching, they talked to me and principally instructed me to place away my glove, that I wasn’t going to play every other place however DH.
“So proper now, I simply really feel prefer it’s not an applicable choice by them to ask me to play one other place.”
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 sure what [issue] he has with me,” Devers. “He performed ball, and I wish to assume that he is aware of that altering positions like that isn’t straightforward.”
Breslow instructed MassLive’s Chris Cotillo that Henry and Purple Sox supervisor Alex Cora spoke privately with Devers on Friday.
“We felt prefer it was vital, based mostly on the state of affairs that unfolded yesterday, to return out right here and have an sincere dialog about what we worth as a corporation and what we consider is vital to the Boston Purple Sox,” Breslow stated. “That being nice teammates for one another.”
Devers’ teammates reportedly aren’t thrilled with the three-time All-Star’s actions of late.
His postgame tirade on Thursday elicited “not constructive” reactions from teammates within the clubhouse on the time, in response to Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald.
