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Betts and Price to the Dodgers....
Only player mentioned heading to Boston is Alex Verdugo....so far, but he's just the centerpiece of the Dodgers trade pieces.
Verdugo had a nice season but for someone that was a pretty highly touted prospect, his minor league batting stats come off as pretty meh (not much walks, average-ish power). I think he'll be hard pressed to match Mookie's 2016 or 2019 production and while he looks like a very capable outfielder, he probably won't be as good as Mookie was. Mookie has the 2nd most WAR since the beginning of 2015 behind only Trout (44.2 to 35.4). The closest to Mookie is Kris Bryant... at 27.8. Being behind Trout is nothing to be ashamed of, they should have locked Mookie up IMO.
Graterol is intriguing. He's young and progressed through the minors pretty quickly though his strikeout rates weren't too great in A+ or AA. It'll be interesting to see if the Sox use him as a reliever like the Twins did when he came up or if they put him in the rotation.
The Red Sox rotation could get pretty ugly, especially if Rodriguez and/or Sale go down.
Verdugo had a nice season but for someone that was a pretty highly touted prospect, his minor league batting stats come off as pretty meh (not much walks, average-ish power). I think he'll be hard pressed to match Mookie's 2016 or 2019 production and while he looks like a very capable outfielder, he probably won't be as good as Mookie was. Mookie has the 2nd most WAR since the beginning of 2015 behind only Trout (44.2 to 35.4). The closest to Mookie is Kris Bryant... at 27.8. Being behind Trout is nothing to be ashamed of, they should have locked Mookie up IMO.
Graterol is intriguing. He's young and progressed through the minors pretty quickly though his strikeout rates weren't too great in A+ or AA. It'll be interesting to see if the Sox use him as a reliever like the Twins did when he came up or if they put him in the rotation.
The Red Sox rotation could get pretty ugly, especially if Rodriguez and/or Sale go down.