The net present value of Mookie Betts' contract isn't far beyond what the Red Sox were willing to offer; a former Boston exec suggests they could have kept him.
Mookie Betts has won two World Series since the Red Sox traded him to the Dodgers in 2020, but the 8-time All-Star said he still loves Boston and Alex Cora.
Mookie Betts, Los Angeles Dodgers and Roki Sasaki
Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka are expecting their first child. Ohtani’s Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Mookie Betts has some advice.
Mookie Betts was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020, but still watches his former team when he can.
In an appearance on the “All the Smoke” podcast, Mookie Betts admitted that he watches Red Sox games. The reasoning for it, though, might be a bit unconventional. “As quiet as it’s kept, I enjoy watching Red Sox games … because of Cora,” Betts said, referring to the Red Sox’ manager. “I love Alex Cora and I enjoy watching Red Sox games.”
Both will be on display when the Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs open the Major League Baseball season on March 18 and 19 in two games at the Tokyo Dome. Betts said he'd already met with the 23-year ...
Yankees chairman Hal Steinbrenner responded to the Dodgers' run of recent signings, which has pushed them up to a projected 2025 payroll upwards of $375 million, in an interview with YES Network's Meredith Marakovits. His answer was something you'd expect to hear from a small-market team, rather than baseball's financial titan of the past century.
Ohtani's Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Mookie Betts has some advice. “He should get his sleep now,” Betts said, speaking Tuesday in Tokyo. “Because when the baby comes he won't get any.”
Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner sees what the Los Angeles Dodgers are doing. But that doesn’t mean he’s intent on joining the defending World Series champions in their spending spree.
He won a World Series title -- his second -- with the Los Angeles Dodgers, was traded to the Cincinnati Reds and he's come back home to Kenosha to give back to the community and his alma mater Indian Trail - all in the last three months.
Baseball fans who grew up during the so-called "Evil Empire" days of the New York Yankees under George Steinbrenner could surely never envision a time