Why did the Red Sox trade Mookie Betts? Revisiting the contract dispute that prompted 2020 Dodgers deal

Let's not make any bones about this: The Red Sox got fleeced in the Mookie Betts trade. In exchange for one of baseball's most exciting players -- an outfielder who also has played 59 solid games in the infield and hits .300 with 40-plus home run power -- the Dodgers gave up Alex Verdugo, Jeter Downs, and Connor Wong to the Red Sox alongside Kenta Maeda and Jair Camargo to the Twins.

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