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Red Sox CEO: We want Betts in Boston for life

Mookie Betts talks about agreeing with the Red Sox on a $20 million contract for the 2019 season and avoiding arbitration

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MASHANTUCKET, Conn. -- Superstar Mookie Betts has become the face of the Red Sox, and there's strong sentiment at the highest levels of the organization for that to be the case for many years to come.

Betts can be a free agent after the 2020 season, but the Red Sox have made it clear multiple times at Winter Weekend that they hope it never gets to that point.