The private plane and exclusive dinner that landed Rafael Devers the largest contract in Red Sox history. 'His eyes got as big as when he sees a fastball right in the middle,” said Alex Cora. 'And I was right next to him. I was like, 'Chill, bro.''
Olson had been used previously as a Devers arbitration comparison, so there was a certain logic to employing him as an extension frame of reference, but the Red Sox knew they’d eventually have to offer more. As it turned out, their opening offer was so far from what Devers was asking that the two sides didn’t even bother negotiating. Whatever back-and-forth occurred was more conversation than negotiation.
When the Red Sox failed to make the playoffs last season, assistant general manager Romero flew to the Dominican Republic to celebrate Devers’ 26th birthday on Oct. 24. Devers was hosting a party at his ranch, and Romero took a helicopter from the Santo Domingo airport to Devers’ compound, landing on his property near the pool. Dominican Academy manager Javier Hernandez and assistant director of Latin American operations Alberto Mejia were with him.
“That was a chance for John to speak directly to Raffy and speak directly to his representatives and encourage all of us to find a way home,” Kennedy said. “That was a big moment, probably the biggest moment in the negotiations.” Just days after the meeting, which remained secret for weeks, ESPN reported that the Red Sox and Devers were “galaxies apart” in their negotiations.Devers had not accepted their offer, but the conversation in Santo Domingo felt like a turning point for both sides. Neither was clinging to its best-case scenarios. Each was expressing a real desire to find a middle ground. Devers had made clear that he didn’t want negotiations to extend into spring training, and certainly not beyond Opening Day.
For the rest of the afternoon and well into the night on New Year’s Eve, Bloom and Montes de Oca talked many times one-on-one about the various issues that each side cared about most. They found that some levers could be tugged a little in one direction or the other.
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