FORT MYERS, Fla. – Happy Pi Day!

Today is 3.14.

For those who were not fortunate enough to be educated in the Arlington Public Schools system when geometry was still geometry, 3.14 (extended to infinity) represents “Pi.”

The Greek letter π is used to signify the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.

The Red Sox must stop circling the drain of mediocrity in 2025. And with less than two weeks until the season begins, the fate of Raffy Devers remains stuck in the vortex of the Fresh Pond Rotary.

Will Devers play third base this season? Will he be the Red Sox DH? A little of both? Or perhaps neither — at least for now?

Round and round we go.

Devers had been adamant about playing anywhere but third base – until Thursday.

“I’m good to do whatever they want me to do,” he said after pouting for a month.

That was a full reversal from his previous stance.

The Red Sox have yet to take the most direct path between any of these points — a straight line. And neither has Devers. The Red Sox have nine seasons remaining on his $313.5 million deal. Given the size of Devers’ … contract … one might think the Red Sox would have been more direct
with him once Alex Bregman became a possibility.

But it has been more than a month since the Red Sox landed Bregman. That signing was an early Valentine’s Day card for Red Sox Nation — a long-awaited gesture from John W. Henry, who took his eyes off golf and soccer long enough to throw $40 million per year at Bregman, a former World champion and All-Star with the Astros*.

Suddenly, Devers was no longer the Red Sox’s third baseman ad infinitum. It was as if he had been sent to bed without his supper.

“I’m someone who believes in people’s word,” Devers said three days after the Bregman deal was finalized. “I take it to heart. And, yeah, it was very surprising that they would suggest that. I know this is a business. I know that each side is going to do what is best for them, what is most comfortable for them. I don’t think that was the right way to do business.”

This “Circle of Trust” has been broken.

“Raffy to Sox Brass: Let Them Eat Cake.”

Now … “never mind.”

Devers is expected to make his spring training debut on Saturday — shoulder issues permitting. Opening Day is a week from Thursday, on March 27 in Texas.

Devers’ nickname is “Carita”— which translates to “Pillsbury Dough Boy.” Or “baby face.” Devers was supposed to play earlier this week but didn’t. Sore shoulder? Sore feelings? Inquiring minds want to know.

We may have to circle back on his expected appearance Saturday. No player should ever risk further injury in a spring training game. But in Devers’ case, his emotions appear to be ailing as
much as his shoulder.

On this Pi Day, Devers seems to have developed an affinity for pie, churros, and other assorted carbohydrates. He told the Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy on Feb. 17 that his weight was “240.”

Devers did not specify if that figure was in pounds, kilograms or on Mars.

The Red Sox have been known to fudge the numbers when it comes to the physical condition of their players. Henry once famously claimed that Pablo Sandoval had a “body fat ratio of 17 percent.” The 2011 Red Sox had “high standards in the area of strength and conditioning.” Those
included Popeye’s chicken and Bud Light.

As someone who has wrestled with his weight for many years, I kid because I care. This can be a
heavy subject.

As my 60th birthday approaches this weekend, I’m down 15 pounds this year and have another 20 to go. Then again, I’m not a 28-year-old All-Star and former World Series champion being paid $30 million a year to play baseball.

Father Time and gravity are undefeated. But I am not skipping the birthday cake. You never know how many slices you have left.

No Ozempic here. With all my current post-transplant medications, it would likely have the reverse effect and send me on a bender to the nearest Dunkin’ Donuts.

Given Devers’ age and athletic ability, the daily grind of an MLB season should help him shed as much weight as necessary.

But he has yet to face a real pitch in a real game or field a real ground ball off the bat of an opposing hitter. The Herald’s Mac Cerullo reported Wednesday that Devers did not swing a bat this offseason until he arrived at Fenway South due to lingering shoulder issues.

Even with Bregman launching bombs over the Monster Seats, the fate of the Red Sox relies most heavily on Devers producing at the plate — and minimizing any damage he might cause at third base. The Red Sox have a roundabout of other problems beyond Devers’ emotional temperament,
lingering shoulder issues and bulk.

Lucas Giolito lasted all of one pitch Tuesday before feeling hamstring tightness. Last year’s Opening Day starter, Brayan Bello, will begin 2025 on the IL. Shortstop Trevor Story is hurt — again.

Since the Red Sox employ people who have never heard of Jim Rice, we’re here to remind you that Rick Burleson started 157 games at shortstop during the Red Sox’s magical ride in 1975. Story has played 163 games for Boston over three seasons.

The Rooster never ducked.

Tomorrow brings the Ides of March.

All eyes at JetBlue Park will be on Devers. Perhaps he’ll finally take a stab at playing.

Bill Speros can be reached at bsperos1@gmail.com. He posts at @BillSperos and
@RealOBF on X.