The Boston Red Sox have said for much of the last few months that they are looking to cut payroll so that they can go below the $208 million luxury tax threshold. That became even more evident this week as they hired the Tampa Bay Rays Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations Chaim Bloom to become their Chief of Baseball Operations.
They will definitely look at multiple ways of cutting their salaries but one avenue that they could look toward is trading their former AL MVP outfielder Mookie Betts.
He is a free agent after the 2020 season but MLB Trade Rumors projects that he will make $27.