A former Red Sox executive offered insight into events that led up to Boston’s decision to deal former homegrown star Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020.
One day after revealing on X that the Red Sox had an agreement in place to trade for Aroldis Chapman in 2015, Zack Scott also explained that Boston “nearly” dealt Betts to the Dodgers in July 2019.
Boston’s former vice president of baseball research and development (who eventually served as assistant general manager) said that the organization determined earlier that year that they were not going to be able to retain Betts when he was set to hit free agency in 2020.