But it’s a heavy commitment. Recorded an 11-game hit streak from 8/5-17. The club announced the deal on … And then the coronavirus came along, overlaying broad uncertainty onto the situation. Amazed they got the Red Sox to eat as much of Price’s salary as they did. This sounds like a bad idea TBH. List choice The total forward-looking guarantee would top $380MM, Passan adds, including Betts’s salary for the 2020 season. The off season was when the discussion was taking place. Mookie is going to get paid. Earned the BBWAA's American League MVP Award...Also earned Rawlings Gold Glove and Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Awards. Trout is the best baseball player on tbe planet right now. Trout signed for a little discount, Mookie isn’t. Will Smith with the knock, and then the rest was pretty crazy! He basically chose to be traded. Sign me up for the Dodgers Nation Newsletter! Pollock left me with a bad taste in my mouth. Hit a game-winning solo HR on 6/19 vs. SEA, breaking a 1-1 tie in the 7th inning of the Sox' 2-1 win. Angels? Betts countered with a take-it-or-leave-it $420M or he would go to free agency. Bad deal , In 5 years he will be half of what is is now . “I’m excited for him,” said Trout, who texted his congratulations to Betts. Phillies? 2. For 400 million, I’d have to agree with him. Trout and Betts are arguably the top two outfielders in the game, and now they’ve both got deals that should keep them playing 32 miles apart for at least the next decade. they thought they could make a trade with the dodgers and just get betts back next season. If a team drafts well and develops talent, they can afford to splurge on a great player when one comes along. Boston Red Sox recalled CF Mookie Betts from Pawtucket Red Sox. The cost compared to the market is not changed by the fact that the Dodgers payed from their wealth. The last AL player to accomplish the feat (and the only other Red Sox player ever to do so at that young an age) was Ted Williams in both 1940 (43 2B, 14 3B, 23 HR) and 1939 (44 2B, 11 3B, 31 HR). Tim Rogers - While Price opted out of the current season because of family health concerns, Betts will be at the heart of the Dodgers' lineup as they pursue their first championship in 32 years as a World Series favorite. Became the 1st Red Sox player ever with 20+ HR and 20+ SB in consecutive seasons...The only other Red Sox player with multiple 20/20 seasons is Jackie Jensen (1954, '59)...Also became the 1st Red Sox player ever with 15+ HR and 15+ SB in 3 straight seasons. Talk about waking up!!! Scored at least 1 run in 9 straight games from 7/6- 14 (13 R total), the longest such streak of his career. @dodgers At 23 years old, became the Sox' youngest Opening Day starter in RF since Phil Plantier (23 in 1993). On 5/2 vs. KC, went 4-for-4 with 3 HR...It was his 4th career 3-HR game, passing Ted Williams for the most such games in Red Sox history. Can’t either fathom how much that sleazeball Scott Boras would’ve demanded for Trout. You serious? Between you and I, I am hoping that Beatty or someone in the farm system can play left field. And he could help the Halos. Entered July batting .261 with 13 home runs and an .835 OPS through 82 games and finished the season hitting .335 with a 1.010 OPS…led AL right fielders with 10 assists, which was second most in the Majors (1st, Bryce Harper with 13)…has scored 500+ runs in his first 674 games, the only active player to do so besides Albert Pujols who reached the mark in his 629th game…hit three home runs in the 12th inning or later, tied with Charlie Blackmon for most in the Majors…prior to 2016, had never homered in the 12th inning or later…reached 500 career runs scored (4/30 at Oakland) in 674 games…drew a walk-off bases-loaded walk on 6/12 vs. Texas. Sorry not sorry. His new deal is baseball's second-largest in total dollars behind the $426.5 million, 12-year contract for Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout covering 2019-30. But in no way did the Dodgers overpay to land Betts. What do people expect “The Fenway Faithful” will do to Gerrit Cole when he gets taken out of the game? Tell Betts to get something better on the open market. Friedman had no such concerns about handing this massive commitment to the 5-foot-9-inch Betts, the 2018 American League MVP and one of the majors’ top all-around players. Won the Wilson Defensive Player of the Year and Fielding Bible Awards as the top defensive RF in the majors...Was also selected by Wilson as the best overall defensive player at any position...His 32 defensive runs saved were 10 more than any other major leaguer at any position (source: FanGraphs). Ask David Price about Yankee fans sometime. If the deal indeed lands Betts in the $380MM range over 13 years, including his 2020 salary, his contract then boils down to the second-richest ever promised to a big league player (whether looking at total guarantee or new money promised on an extension). His deal includes $115 million in deferred payments. When you as a player make a counter offer and say take it or leave it, you are not looking to stay. Not to mention the controlable players the RS got back. You call him a hypocrite? Yes, they are big-market teams, but they understand that winning is important to franchise value. Angels-Dodgers trade is not yet done as players are being informed, source tells The Athletic. “It was front of mind for us,” Friedman said. Scored 25 runs in his final 25 games (beginning 8/26), posting a .405/.514/.702 batting line in that time (34-for-84, 10 2B, 5 HR, 16 RBI, 19 BB, 20 SO). Went 4-for-5 with a career-high 3 2B on 6/12 vs. PHI. As part of his contract, Mookie Betts will donate 100K each year to the Dodgers charity. He was not outspoken, but also NEVER happy with his $. Became the 4th Red Sox to score 100 runs in a season prior to turning 24...Fred Lynn scored 103 runs in 1975 at age 23, Johnny Pesky scored 105 in 1942 (23), and Ted Williams scored 110+ each year from 1939-42, all before turning 24. You think he wants to spend the next decade in Boston or L.A.? CC if they didn’t give him the extra extension. Gerrit Cole was massively overpaid. Mookie is a year younger than Trout. That’s all you saw here back in the spring, Brock Holt talk and Astros talk. But please stick to your outdated constructs. How is he a hypocrite. If they wanted to keep him beyond this year, they would’ve just inked a multi-year pack during the winter. He’s not big, but he’s very athletic. Caleb Ferguson is low on the Dodgers’ depth chart but would have slotted right into the Red Sox’ rotation. Like White Sox fans said about Chris Sale before Boston extended him. Lots of great players fell off due to injury and age, trout doesnt have to face any test., he is literally a 10 war player. He would not negotiate. Yes, it’s a difference, but I rather doubt any other position player exceeds Betts over the past 4 years. Most likely won’t be picked up. 2B Mookie Betts assigned to Salem Red Sox from Greenville Drive. State taxes varying depending on which state he plays in that day. Maeda (ok kind of cheating there). But he’s a Hall of Fame type player. Struck out 2 fewer times in 2016 (80) than he did in 2015 (82), despite recording 76 more plate appearances in 2016...His average of 9.13 PA/SO ranked 11th in the majors and 8th in the AL...Had the majors' 2nd-best PA/SO ratio among players with 30+ HR (Beltre-9.70). Betts’ deal won’t be bad til 2025 at the earliest. huge mistake on dodgers part! I know Sale needed TJS, but before we knew that, the only pitcher on the team worth anything at this point would of been Rodriguez and a declining price. The Dodgers only acquired Betts in a trade Feb. 10, but he eagerly bypassed the uncertainties of free agency for a secure future with an organization that already feels like home.
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