‘Just pick up a glove’ — Red Sox chairman discusses Rafael Devers not playing 1B for Boston

Red Sox chairman Tom Werner says team has ‘the powder’ to further add to payroll, bolster roster for 2026 - The Boston Globe

In a rare interview, Werner also called Rafael Devers's refusal to play first "a discouraging episode."

‘Just pick up a glove’ — Red Sox chairman discusses Rafael Devers not playing 1B for Boston

Rafael Devers’ unwillingness to play first base after Triston Casas suffered a season-ending knee injury last year didn’t sit well with Tom Werner.

Werner, Kennedy Discuss Red Sox Offseason, Bregman, Devers

Red Sox president/CEO Sam Kennedy spoke with reporters (including the Boston Globe’s Tim Healey and MassLive.com’s Christopher Smith) today at the team’s Spring Training camp, while Sox chairman Tom Werner also took part in an interview with the Boston Globe’s Peter Abraham.  The two executives covered many of the same topics, with much of the focus naturally centered around Boston’s offseason. One of the matters discussed was Alex Bregman’s dec…