Ten months ago, Red Sox ace Chris Sale took a seat before a team-branded backdrop and explained why he had agreed to spend five more seasons in Boston.
“We win,” he said. “Especially in this day and age, when half the league isn’t trying to win anything, and we have a team that’s trying to win every year, that says a lot.”
Sorry, Chris. On Tuesday, the Red Sox said something else: Maybe next year.
In a dereliction of his duty as steward of one of the sport’s most storied franchises, team owner John Henry signed off on a deal sending right fielder Mookie Betts, Boston’s best young player since Ted Williams, to the Dodgers.