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Mookie Betts is a
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February 04, 2020

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Mookie Betts is a Dodger, that's the headline

of another huge blockbuster deal between

the Dodgers and the Red Sox. The deal is

expected to involve multiple teams, Joc

Pederson going to the Angels, Alex Verdugo

as the main piece to the Red Sox, alongside

Brusdar Graterol from the Twins who receive

Kenya Maeda (a big win for Boston) and

plenty more will come within the next few

hours.

It seemed to be a one horse race for Betts as

It seemed to be a one horse race for Betts as

the Padres never felt like a real landing spot

in a trade, it just makes little sense unless

they could get him to sign an extension

before Free Agency which ain't happening

and the deal eventually got done.

We all know the heartbreaks that the

Dodgers have been through over the last

decade or so and throughout all of that

Andrew Friedman and even his predecessor,

Ned Colleti have been unwilling to give up

top prospects in a trade, for the most part it

has worked out for them, Bellinger, Buehler

and Seager headline a crop of young talent

that makes this team a perennial contender

for the pennant, but they never won the big

one and seeing the Astros winning it all with

the addition of Justin Verlander made LA

fans wonder if a more aggressive approach

was required.

Andrew Friedman made significant trades,

acquiring Manny Machado and Yu Darvish on

back to back years during the trade deadline,

but putting aside the fact Betts is better than

both, he never gave up such a prized asset

as Alex Verdugo. Baseball is such a unique

sport that in the postseason you never know

what to expect, this trade gives the Dodgers

a better chance to end their drought, but it's

no guarantee.

This trade reminds me a lot of when the

Cubs acquired Aroldis Chapman from the

Cubs acquired Aroldis Chapman from the

Yankees at the deadline, and here is why:

1: Most of the time in these big trades the

selling team will eventually get more value,

in terms of production, but in both cases with

Chapman and Betts it's undeniable. Gleyber

Torres at the time a incredibly touted

prospect was bound to become a key

component for the Yankees unless something

completely unexpected happened and he

has, the same goes for Alex Verdugo. He

already was a 2 win player on limited time

last season.

Andrew Friedman and Theo Epstein are

smart individuals, they knee what they were

giving up, but at some point they conceded

to giving up more value for a chance to win

the World Series, more importantly to end s

drought, if the Dodgers win both World

Series or at least one I am not sure they do

this deal, at least not under these conditions.

The pressure to provide a response is big

enough that they'll go just a little outside of

their comfort zone.

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