Red Sox principal owner John Henry, president Sam Kennedy and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow boarded a plane together Friday to meet with Rafael Devers prior to Boston’s opener in Kansas City in

Red Sox owner John Henry flew to Kansas City to have a sitdown with disgruntled star Rafael Devers, who told the team he would not move to first base.

Speaking with reporters for the first time since Triston Casas was ruled out for the season after rupturing his left knee tendon and undergoing surgery, Devers said on Thursday that Red Sox management approached him about the idea of filling in as Boston’s first baseman.