With one difference. If they let Bogaerts go, and don't sign Devers to an extension before the season, everyone will KNOW he's gone, so the pretensions would be utterly pointless.
They do have balls raising prices. But as others have said, no one is forced to pay.
Personally I think a little unrest in the fanbase is not such a bad thing...
In 2022 the following pitchers recorded saves for the Red Sox:
Ryan Brasier (5.78 ERA)
Jake Diekman (4.23)
Kaleb Ort (6.35)
Hansel Robles (5.84)
They were all "capable of closing".
You guys are missing the point here.
700 hates it when people call these "low risk high reward" instead of "high risk high reward". So he was being complimentary to the writer.