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Originally Posted by El Nino
I acquired him in 2024 and it is a strange situation so I'm not sure if it applies to you. Red Sox were somehow bad in 2018/2019 so they traded Betts to Cardinals. Betts then became a free agent in 2020 and 2021, but inexplicably only managed 1-year deal with ~11M both season. Eventually he got a 4-year 16.8M each deal with the Reds. Now the past offseason, 2 years into that deal, I traded my starting RF Eloy Jimenez (who had been very good at times but inconsistent and nearing free agency) and three decent pitching prospects for Betts. In exchange the Reds eat up 50% of his contract so I could save some money to extend other guys.
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Wow, what a journey for Mookie lol. Thank you for answering that for me. My Sox team lost to Cleveland (again) in the playoffs in 2018 and now in the off-season I'm trying to sign Mookie to a big deal instead of going to arbitration, but he only wants to sign a one year deal. I'm trying to lock him down for a long term deal but he's not budging.