I’m going to try to leave my feelings about the (finally) completed Mookie Betts trade out of this article beyond saying that it’s disgraceful that he was used to sweeten the deal in order to salary dump David Price on the Dodgers. Even with the revised deal and improved return after Minnesota pulled out of the three-team version of the trade, the Red Sox still didn’t get enough in return.
Two prospects at positions the team is all set at (shortstop and catcher) who are both at A/AA ball and at least two or three years away do nothing to help this team right now.