Mookie Betts has an MVP and plenty of money. He is an icon with the Red Sox organization. This is all a recipe for a long term deal.
Betts is a free agent after 2020. The Red Sox, according to reports, are looking to get under the luxury tax level. With JD Martinez not opting out of his contract, the Red Sox are going to have to look to cut elsewhere.
The contract of Betts makes some sense since he is likely to earn $30 million in 2020 in his final year of arbitration.
The Sox could sign him to an extension, reducing the first year's payout.
According to reports, the Red Sox have not engaged with Betts' camp yet about an extension.
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