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.

Asked about changing his mind in the event the Red Sox receive little production from the current group of first basemen, Devers reiterated that he’s a full-time DH. He also stated that he was upset that Boston would consider him taking over a position where he’s logged zero innings as a big leaguer.