Time for a revisit, or is it simply a restatement, of the obvious. The soap opera of the J.D. Martinez opt-out drama has been officially sent to the baseball contractual history files for 2020. Martinez will stay and his $23.750 million will remain firmly entrenched until the drama is revisited in 2021. This now solidifies the Red Sox payroll obligations for 2020.
The reverberations will now focus on Mookie Betts and his expected $27 Million via arbitration. A luxury tax conundrum.
There have been intriguing possibilities regarding options other than the talented Betts and three other pricey Faberge eggs on the pitching staff.