The Mookie Betts blame game or finger-pointing has been in full swing. Just a gander at this site is indicative of that. As with any loss, it will be necessary to blame someone and there is certainly a nice laundry list of candidates.
The current Betts situation is the result of decades of baseball owners and executives ignoring the obvious and that is the structure of player contracts. The age of servitude has vanished and now collective bargaining agreements have resulted in the eventual free flow of merchandise – players. But enough of the history and now to migrate to the present.