Let’s remember that the Red Sox are in a fairly tight predicament. They want to shed about $30 million or more in payroll while addressing needs at first base, second base and on the mound. They have a thin farm system. And they want to contend at the time.
Somebody - or somebodies - must go. And we mean somebody (or more than one) from the group of Nathan Eovaldi ($17 million), David Price ($31 million), Chris Sale ($25.6 million) and, yes, Mookie Betts, the last of whom has a projected salary of $27.7 million next summer and will be a free agent at the end of the 2020 season.
By Sean Sylver, 98.5 The Sports Hub The red hot Red Sox open a two-game interleague set with the Phillies Tuesday night at Fenway Park. It’s one of just 15 home dates remaining in the 2019 season. Sure, the Sox have won five in a row, with 60 percent of those wins coming at the…
By Matt Dolloff, 985TheSportsHub.com Mookie Betts picked a great night to deliver his biggest game of the season. The right fielder launched three home runs on Friday night as the Red Sox thumped the Yankees for the second straight game, winning by a 10-5 final. Betts hit all three homers in his first three at-bats…
Mike Trout just signed a 12-year, $430 million contract extension with the Angels. And he's set an astronomically high bar for Mookie Betts and the Red Sox.
