Red Sox owner John Henry, team president Sam Kennedy and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow flew to Kansas City on Friday to speak with Rafael Devers following the slugger’s explosive comments about not being willing to play first base.

Henry, manager Alex Cora and Devers met prior to Friday’s game against the Kansas City Royals and had what Cora described as a productive conversation. Breslow did not speak to Devers prior to the game but said he planned to and that he believed Friday marked a good step forward.

“We felt like it was important based on the situation that unfolded yesterday to come out here and have an honest conversation about what we value as an organization and what we believe is important to the Boston Red Sox, and that’s being great teammates for each other,” Breslow told reporters in Kansas City, per NESN’s pregame coverage. “So we think we had a productive conversation, John seems to have had a productive conversation, and that’s where things stand right now.”

Devers made waves on Thursday when he revealed that following Triston Casas’ season-ending injury, Breslow approached him and raised the possibility of playing first base. Devers said that wasn’t something he was interested in doing, especially right after he’d already changed positions once earlier during the spring.

Henry did not speak to reporters in Kansas City, but Cora said it meant a lot to the team that the club’s top decision-makers made the trip and that he expects there will be more conversations going forward.

“He expressed his feelings, John did the same thing and I think the most important thing here is we’re trying to accomplish something big here. Obviously there are changes in the roster and situations that happened and you have to adjust,” Cora said. “That happens over 162 and that’s where we’re at right now.”

“I think we’re going to walk out of this in a much better place,” Breslow said.

Cora said the team has not made any decision about Devers potentially playing first base and that those discussions will continue, and for now they will stick with the original plan of platooning Romy Gonzalez and Abraham Toro at the position.

As for Breslow, he described his initial conversation with Devers about playing the position as “exploratory,” but that while it’s unfortunate things played out the way they did, he believes it’s his job to do whatever he can to improve the team.

“There will be times where I believe acting in the best interests of the organization are going to be difficult and uncomfortable and I have to do it anyway,” Breslow said. “That said given my playing experience I recognize these aren’t easy asks to make, especially for someone who has undergone a pretty significant transition in roles over the last several months, but a difficult conversation is not a reason to avoid it.”