It’s one thing to go to salary arbitration with a reliever by the name of Fernando Abad, like the Red Sox did last year.
It’s quite another for the Sox to enter a room with the heart, soul and future of their organization — that’s Mookie Betts — and then say to his face all the ways they don’t think he’s worth what he thinks he’s worth.
Even if the Red Sox “win” against Betts, they still lose.
For a team that’s already playing a high-stakes poker hand they are not assured of winning with free agent outfielder J.