Dodgers: An intriguing Betts trade scenario that benefits both sides
By Ben Fadden
The Los Angeles Dodgers have recently “engaged in exploratory talks” on a Mookie Betts trade, so I created this scenario that would actually work.
Mookie Betts has been in trade talks all offseason including with the Los Angeles Dodgers because the Red Sox have said they want to lower the payroll, and Betts would be paid around a base salary of $27.7 million in his final year with the Red Sox.
Betts is one of the best in the game, so teams aren’t going to be able to give Chaim Bloom players that won’t be impact players either immediately or in the very near future.
In my opinion, the Red Sox are contending for a Wild Card in 2020, as teams in their division have only gotten better. The New York Yankees are poised to be in the World Series next October after adding Gerrit Cole, and the Tampa Bay Rays added big power bats in Hunter Renfroe and Yoshitomo Tsutsogo. Even the Toronto Blue Jays have added to their starting rotation.
With the Red Sox’s chances of winning the division getting slimmer as the winter goes on, they have a very important question to answer: Will they trade Mookie Betts?
There are many different avenues that Boston could take, but I will be exploring the trade avenue because this is where the Red Sox can add the most value to their organization.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are never afraid to be in talks for big stars, so I have made a trade scenario that would work between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox involving Mookie Betts…