I never thought I’d type this sentence as a Red Sox fan, but one day, Fenway Park is going to chant “Jeter! Jeter!”
While Red Sox Nation continues to mourn the loss of Mookie Betts, who was officially traded to the Dodgers on Feb. 9, the details of the trade offer a little more optimism than the initial trade.
I’ll never say this was a good deal, as trading a 27-year-old phenom for a couple of young players is never a winning move, but outfielder Alex Verdugo, infielder Jeter Downs and catcher Connor Wong is a better haul for Boston than the original three-way trade involving the Minnesota Twins offered.