BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - SEPTEMBER 29: Mookie Betts #50 of the Boston Red Sox looks on during the sixth inning at Fenway Park on September 29, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
The Boston Red Sox traded away former MVP Mookie Betts this past offseason. He’ll be a free agent next winter and Boston shouldn’t pursue him.
This past winter the Red Sox did something that felt unthinkable at the time, they traded away Mookie Betts. Boston’s former MVP was a year away from becoming a free agent and contract negotiations had come to a standstill.