After meeting with Boston Red Sox principal owner John Henry, Rafael Devers remained at designated hitter for Friday night's road game against the Kansas City Royals. Devers, a three-time All-Star at third base,

The longtime third baseman eventually agreed to move to designated hitter this season and is now refusing another position switch.

As the Red Sox began a series with the Royals on Friday, Sox owner John Henry, team CEO Sam Kennedy and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow all flew to Kansas City in response to Rafael Devers’ comments on Thursday about his refusal to play first base and his displeasure with what the slugger felt was an unreasonable series of requests from upper management.