"What The F**k Happened?": Boston Players, Fans & Media React To Bogaerts

 It hit like a ton of bricks. The Boston Red Sox, its players, media and fans were all stunned by the news that longtime shortstop Xander Bogaerts, after a day of seemingly positive signs that he would return, is off to San Diego with a $280M offer that blew everyone out of the water. 

Warning: Twitter content is NSFW. 

What the fuck happened.

— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) December 8, 2022

Thanks for everything Xander Bogaerts! The Red Sox owners can fuck off.

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) December 8, 2022

Why not take care of Xander last winter w/ a 175m range extension over blowing him off and signing Story for 140m? Bogaerts was an awesome teammate, proven winner, beloved in Boston, great guy, why wouldn’t you keep someone like that? What am I missing?

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) December 8, 2022

Infamous Boston sports fan (and sports media guy) Bill Simmons wrote "Why not take care of Xander last winter w/ a 175m range extension over blowing him off and signing Story for 140m?," and "The Red Sox owners can f**k off."

There’s so much about the way the Red Sox handled Xander Bogaerts’s situation that doesn’t make sense. For example: they spent more money to sign Yoshida (($105m), a corner OF about the same age as Bogaerts, than they offered Bogaerts, an All-Star SS, in the spring. ($90m).

— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) December 8, 2022

ESPN's Buster Olney wrote, "there’s so much about the way the Red Sox handled Xander Bogaerts’s situation that doesn’t make sense. For example: they spent more money to sign Yoshida (($105m), a corner OF about the same age as Bogaerts, than they offered Bogaerts, an All-Star SS, in the spring. ($90m)." 

As for Bogey's teammates, his partner in crime as the leaders of the Red Sox attack for the last several years, Rafael Devers, sent an emotional message to his departed teammate: 

Rafael Devers' emotional words to Xander Bogaerts, who signed with the San Diego Padres for 11 years and US$280 million:

"Thank you for teaching me many things. I will always admire you as a person, and as a baseball player you are the best. You are a role model". pic.twitter.com/PisQIhxdWw

— Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) December 8, 2022

"Thank you for teaching me many things. I will always admire you as a person, and as a baseball player you are the best. You are a role model," said Devers. 

And of course, Devers can become a free agent at the end of the 2023 season. Here we go again...

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