Kansas City, Mo. - Boston Red Sox owner John Henry met with disgruntled star Rafael Devers on Friday afternoon and was rarely seen after Devers disillusioned about the group's advice, who switched positions for the second time in two months.

Amid the ranks joined by Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow and President Sam Kennedy, Henry flew to Kansas City on Friday, opposing a turn from designated hitters to first base after Devers opposed a knee injury to Triston Casas at the end of the season.

Devers, who signed a 10-year, $313.5 million contract with Boston in January 2023, told reporters Thursday that he would not move to first base and criticized Breslow, saying, "I don't understand some of the decisions GM made." During spring training, Devers said he didn't want to leave third base (his position in the first eight major league seasons) after free agents signed a dominant American League Gold Gloves champion Alex Bregman. Eventually, he agreed to be the DH of Boston, and he played in all 40 games this season.

Devers met with Henry and manager Alex Cora before Friday’s game, and Breslow thought “an honest conversation about our value as an organization and what we think is important to the Boston Red Sox.” The Red Sox have been using Romy Gonzalez and Abraham Toro (two utilities) to insert a first base hole in the 20-19 start.

"He expressed his feelings. John did the same thing," Cora said. "I think the most important thing here is that we are trying to do something important here. Obviously, the lineup, things have changed and you have to adjust."

Breslow introduced the possibility of moving first base to the 28-year-old Devers, a three-time All-Star game, who had six home runs, 25 RBIs and AL-AL-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD- LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD-LEAD 29.

Devers wasn't kind to the idea, saying, "They told me I'm going to play this position, DH, and now they're going to go back to that. So I just think they're not loyal to their words."

The sharpness of Devers' comment prompted Henry to decline comment, flying nationwide and trying to defy the issue of fading since spring training.

Bregman, once the signing of the Red Sox's best player, accelerated the third base move, and the evaluator has long been inevitable, even if his position has improved. First base was seen as his most likely landing point, but Cass' appearance pushed Devers toward DH, a move that initially refused and eventually followed.

Sources said Devers' disappointment in the spring was blinded by the lack of communication about initial positional transitions.

"It's my job to always put the priority of the organization first, but I should also evaluate every interaction with the player and I will continue to do that," Breslow said.

Breslow said whether Devers will eventually move to first place (can unleash Roma Anthony's roster, baseball's highest prospect, or whether he recovers from offseason shoulder surgery after current DH Masataka Yoshida - is the "secondary" issue at the moment.

"This decision will never be made on a sofa in an office in Kansas City, and the conversation is ongoing. The most important thing here is that we believe we have a really great team that can win a bunch of games and play meaningful games in stretching games. That's what we need to focus on."

"The plan is to continue the conversation," Cora added.