Mookie Betts and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Trade
The Lead
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🗓️ 12 February 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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It's been a heck of a week for the Boston Red Sox. The team agreed to send their best player, Mookie Betts, to the Dodgers in a blockbuster trade, along with former Cy Young Award winner David Price in a three-team deal. But the trade almost fell apart in spectacular fashion. The Athletic's Jen McCaffrey joins us to talk about what went on behind the scenes, why the Red Sox made this move now and how Boston fans feel about losing a generational player.
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| 0:00.0 | It's been a hell of a couple weeks for Boston Red Sox fans. |
| 0:09.6 | The Boston Red Sox has heard Mike mentioned have sent Mookie Betts 2018 MVP and David Price, |
| 0:20.0 | former Saiyung Ward winner to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the big question is why? |
| 0:26.9 | After initially falling apart, the massive deal involving Mookie Betts finally went through. |
| 0:32.2 | Today, the Athletics Gen McCaffrey joins us to break down the blockbuster trade, |
| 0:36.9 | how it will impact the Red Sox on the field, and how Boston fans are feeling right now. |
| 0:57.4 | From wondering on the athletic, I'm Kavita Davidson, and I'm Anders Keltoh, |
| 1:01.1 | it's Wednesday, February 12th, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:04.8 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:10.8 | There was just something about the emotion and the moment you met the person first. |
| 1:14.8 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this done. |
| 1:18.8 | You can't wait to see anything like that. |
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