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Mookie Betts still set for 2021 market after MLB service time deal

Mookie Betts was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers under the assumption that he would become a free agent in 2021. That’s why the Red Sox traded one of the best young players in all of baseball. That’s how the Dodgers set the price they paid to acquire him. With the star centerfielder set to test the market and fetch as much as $400 million dollars next winter, the Sox decided to close their wallets and exchange Betts for young assets.

As Major League Baseball, like the rest of the country, quietly works behind isolated doors, negotiations are taking place over scheduling and service time questions.