Sunday saw the completion of perhaps the biggest trade in Red Sox history since Babe Ruth‘s departure to New York. 2018 American League MVP and beloved right fielder Mookie Betts‘ move to the Dodgers was made final in a deal which included a revamped package for the Sox.
You could’ve given Boston multiple All-Star caliber players and Red Sox Nation still would’ve been upset, and rightly so in. Betts is a generational talent who’ll probably go on to be a Hall of Famer, but him staying put in Boston seemed extremely unlikely as time went on this offseason.