Let me start by saying I love Mookie Betts. He has everything you want in a baseball player. He plays hard, can hit out of slumps, and is a five-tool player. So why am I essentially saying the Boston Red Sox shouldn’t re-sign Mookie? Long term, I just don’t see the investment being worth it for a team that looks to contend every year and has a plethora of young talent that can sustain success.
Mookie’s talent is unquestioned. That’s why he won MVP last year. For the record, I think J.D. Martinez should have won but that’s a conversation for another time.