Why did the Red Sox trade Mookie Betts? Revisiting the failed contract talks that led to lopsided Dodgers deal

The Red Sox, who missed the playoffs, will watch Mookie Betts lead off for the Dodgers in the 2020 World Series. Betts was traded from the Red Sox to the Dodgers during the 2020 offseason in a widely questioned trade of one of the top players in baseball for a less-than-ideal prospect haul. Now Betts and the Dodgers are taking on the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series, while Boston had its worst season (by winning percentage) since 1965.

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