Mookie Betts has had one of the best four-year stretches in Red Sox memory from 2016 to 2019. If he were to be traded, that would define the entire 2019-2020 offseason. Betts could save the Red Sox lots of payroll space while bringing in a top prospect or two.
In Chris Sale‘s first two Red Sox seasons, he was dominant. He wasn’t completely healthy in either of the two seasons – gassed at the end of the 2017 season and barely healthy enough to pitch in the 2018 postseason. He was plagued by more injuries, diminished velocity, and reduced effectiveness throughout the totality of the 2019 season.