Mookie Betts and David Price to the Dodgers in a 3-way deal with the Twins:
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/ml...3-team-blockbuster/ar-BBZEOYG?ocid=spartanntp
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/ml...3-team-blockbuster/ar-BBZEOYG?ocid=spartanntp
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Alex Verdugo, 2nd year outfielder will go to Bosucks. Over a full season, his stats are solid - BA .290's, HR - 24, RBI - 88.
Alex Verdugo, 2nd year outfielder will go to Bosucks. Over a full season, his stats are solid - BA .290's, HR - 24, RBI - 88.
As a Yankee fan I love this trade,
Betts used to absolutely destroy us. The further away the better. Good riddance.
Honestly though Betts is one of the best right fielders these eyes have ever seen.
He'd look mighty fine in pinstripes two years from now......
Betts used to absolutely destroy us. The further away the better. Good riddance.
Honestly though Betts is one of the best right fielders these eyes have ever seen.
He'd look mighty fine in pinstripes two years from now......
Yeah, but you know the Sox intend to get better with this move. They get 2 young players with a lot of upside and expunging the 2 big contracts knocks $60M off their payroll. And we know what the Sox do when they have some cash in their pocket.
So if it's not Mookie, some other Sock(?) will be a thorn in the side of Yankees fans.
Not just the Yankees. all Red Sox opponents in the AL East will get kicked in the ass by this move. Sending Price along with Betts makes me think it may have been if you want Betts you get Price too or no deal. That is a lot of money off the payroll.
The thing with Mookie is he would go through a wall to beat us. Pedroia was the same way.
Whenever we had them down and out they just dug down deep and prevailed.
Although they are our hated reviles I actually have immense respect for the city and their fans. Everything stops when they clash.
Alex Verdugo as you said has great potential. He does have back problems though so it will take some patience to heal him up. Reportedly has a cannon for an arm.
Let they games commence..........
Goes to show where the Boston upper brass heads are at. Betts wants 12 years around 400 million. They already got the better part of his career on the cheap. They don't want pay him on the back end of contract when he's shit, so they got to unload him and David Price's contract off the books as well.
+1 What team would sign a 12 year deal, like WTF...he'll be 28 this year.
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Deal may be in trouble if they can't restructure it, I'm surprised this is still not done as it was first reported in trouble a few days ago:
https://www.mlb.com/news/twins-trade-update-mookie-betts
"The blockbuster trade that would send Mookie Betts and David Price from Boston to Los Angeles may need some restructuring.
The Twins are seeking resolution to the ongoing discussions surrounding the three-team swap, multiple sources told MLB.com. The trade, first reported Tuesday night, had not been announced by any of the clubs.
Minnesota was going to receive right-hander Kenta Maeda from the Dodgers in exchange for right-hander Brusdar Graterol, the Twins’ third-ranked prospect and MLB’s 83rd overall prospect according to MLB Pipeline, who would be sent to Boston along with outfielder Alex Verdugo from L.A. But the Red Sox balked when a review of Graterol’s medical records showed that the flamethrower might be better suited as a reliever, per a report by MLB Network insider Ken Rosenthal. Boston originally sought Graterol with the belief that he could join its rotation, according to Rosenthal’s report.
The original swap, per multiple reports, was as follows:
DODGERS GET: OF Mookie Betts, LHP David Price, cash (all from BOS)
RED SOX GET: OF Alex Verdugo (from LAD), RHP Brusdar Graterol (from MIN)
TWINS GET: RHP Kenta Maeda (from LAD)
The Red Sox asked the Twins to add another top prospect to help complete the deal, per multiple reports, and it remains to be seen whether the two sides can agree on further compensation. MLB Network insider Jon Heyman, who first reported on Thursday that the deal is "not a certainty," said Friday afternoon that Los Angeles and Boston were motivated to "wrap up" the trade, even considering possibilities that excluded the Twins. Such a deal could be limited to just the Dodgers and Red Sox or include a third team other than the Twins, according to Heyman.
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There’s been a lot of back and forth between Red Sox and Twins to try to wrap up the Mookie mega deal. And just in case, the Red Sox and Dodgers are also looking at ways to do deal without the Twins, either directly or by using a different 3rd team.
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If Minnesota ultimately does pull out, that could affect another proposed trade between the Dodgers and Angels, which would have sent outfielder Joc Pederson and right-hander Ross Stripling to the Angels in exchange for infielder Luis Rengifo."
https://www.mlb.com/news/twins-trade-update-mookie-betts
"The blockbuster trade that would send Mookie Betts and David Price from Boston to Los Angeles may need some restructuring.
The Twins are seeking resolution to the ongoing discussions surrounding the three-team swap, multiple sources told MLB.com. The trade, first reported Tuesday night, had not been announced by any of the clubs.
Minnesota was going to receive right-hander Kenta Maeda from the Dodgers in exchange for right-hander Brusdar Graterol, the Twins’ third-ranked prospect and MLB’s 83rd overall prospect according to MLB Pipeline, who would be sent to Boston along with outfielder Alex Verdugo from L.A. But the Red Sox balked when a review of Graterol’s medical records showed that the flamethrower might be better suited as a reliever, per a report by MLB Network insider Ken Rosenthal. Boston originally sought Graterol with the belief that he could join its rotation, according to Rosenthal’s report.
The original swap, per multiple reports, was as follows:
DODGERS GET: OF Mookie Betts, LHP David Price, cash (all from BOS)
RED SOX GET: OF Alex Verdugo (from LAD), RHP Brusdar Graterol (from MIN)
TWINS GET: RHP Kenta Maeda (from LAD)
The Red Sox asked the Twins to add another top prospect to help complete the deal, per multiple reports, and it remains to be seen whether the two sides can agree on further compensation. MLB Network insider Jon Heyman, who first reported on Thursday that the deal is "not a certainty," said Friday afternoon that Los Angeles and Boston were motivated to "wrap up" the trade, even considering possibilities that excluded the Twins. Such a deal could be limited to just the Dodgers and Red Sox or include a third team other than the Twins, according to Heyman.
Jon Heyman
@JonHeyman
There’s been a lot of back and forth between Red Sox and Twins to try to wrap up the Mookie mega deal. And just in case, the Red Sox and Dodgers are also looking at ways to do deal without the Twins, either directly or by using a different 3rd team.
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If Minnesota ultimately does pull out, that could affect another proposed trade between the Dodgers and Angels, which would have sent outfielder Joc Pederson and right-hander Ross Stripling to the Angels in exchange for infielder Luis Rengifo."
