A little more than three weeks ago, I looked at a few scenarios for trades involving Mookie Betts and David Price. It was, after all, the hot rumor at the time. Fast forward to now and, after it seemed like Boston had closed the door on trading Betts this offseason, well, that may not be the case.
Alex Speier of the Boston Globe wrote yesterday that the Red Sox appear to be “serious” about trading Betts. It may not happen before the season starts, but if Boston really has no intention of retaining him long-term (which would be monumentally dumb on their part, but I digress), they’d be much better off trading him now instead of in-season or just letting him walk in the offseason.