When the Los Angeles Dodgers swung a trade for superstar Mookie Betts in the offseason, unless you were an epidemiologist tracking the novel coronavirus in the Far East, there was no way of knowing a pandemic would put the 2020 season in peril.
Dodgers president Andrew Friedman forfeited a young outfielder in Alex Verdugo, along with two prospects (Jeter Downs and Connor Wong) to secure Betts’ services for the season leading up to his free agency campaign.
With MLB owners and players wrangling over a financial structure, let alone important health protocols, in order to start the 2020 season, many have suggested the Dodgers fell into bad luck in dealing for Betts before the current situation.