Betts won the A.L. Last winter the Red Sox made their case for giving Betts $7.5 million and lost, the worst-case scenario for a team. With the question of whether he would at some point agree to a long-term extension swirling around him last season, Betts had the performance of his life. So the Red Sox shouldn’t have to worry about him being distracted by another one-year contract. Luckily he didn’t have to prove himself to the Red Sox in a hearing, and they didn’t have to try to disprove him.

Source: Forbes January 12, 2019 17:26 UTC