A baseball discussion without having emotion filtered is like attempting to solve an unsolvable math problem. I will simply get it out-of-the-way and that is Mookie Betts needs to go. Not now, of course, but possibly in the offseason or next spring.
The contract for Mike Trout has set the fiscal bar and expect Betts to reap $36 million AAV (Average Annual Value) on his contract here or elsewhere. Right now a decided edge goes to elsewhere for me. But there is also another possibility besides jettisoning the face of the franchise.
The Red Sox did a Jon Lester last year and made a low-ball offer to Betts that was rejected.