That’s no longer the case as the Red Sox ask him to learn an entirely new position. There exists at least the potential for Devers to flub chances and not dig out throws and cost his team games. And even if that doesn’t happen, Devers could fear it might.

Henry took the unusual step to fly to meet with Devers a day after Devers said he was upset the team asked him to move to first.

Henry was accompanied by Craig Breslow and team president Sam Kennedy. But Henry alone sat with Devers and manager Alex Cora in the visiting manager’s office at Kauffman Stadium.