It’s always nice to get dinner with an old friend, especially when they offer to pay.

When the Red Sox travelled to San Diego to take on the Padres, manager Alex Cora was happy to see the former Boston star Xander Bogaerts. While he’s always glad to see Bogaerts, the 32-year-old paying for food makes the trip even better.

“It’s great because now he pays for dinner,” Cora joked about Bogaerts, according to MassLive’s Christopher Smith. “He has a lot of money. I tried yesterday and he’s like, ‘Nah, nah, don’t even do it.'”

Bogaerts signed a big 11-year, $280 million contract with the Padres during the 2022 offseason. This season, the former Red Sox shortstop is batting .271 with a .340 on-base percentage, .737 OPS with nine home runs.

“He’s hitting for average. He’s hitting the ball

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