WOW, 280M?? Insane. Good for Bogey though.
While I personally wouldn't have done 11/280M, I still blame the Sox for even letting this get to FA and not trying to actively work things out before. Even according to some reports this morning, it sounds like they only went as far as 6/160M (lol) so a "huge gap". Obviously X was not going to come back for 120M less.
I will add though, if Devers isn't locked up during the next few months I think he's as good as gone too. We're seeing a pattern develop. The Sox seem behind in all these negotiations. If a market says he's worth 200M, they offer just 100M. If 300M, they'll offer around 200M. Teams like the Braves, Angels, etc. are actively getting on top of their own FAs and locking them down. The Sox seem to wait and then lose guys in FA (Lester, Bogaerts; Betts was traded but still...)
I do think if they offered Bogaerts say, 6/175M or 7/190M before this offseason or during last season, he would have taken it. They gambled with the market and all it takes is one team
The rumor was Devers was offered around 8/168M by the Sox last year and the market seems to indicate he's worth 300M+. So again, the Sox are behind