The Dodgers reportedly signed
outfielder Mookie Betts to a twelve-year extension worth $365 million. The question immediately becomes, is he worth
it?
Betts, who will turn 28 in
October, has a career .301 batting average to go with 613 runs scored and 470
RBIs. At 5’9”, he projects to score
considerably more runs than he drives in.
I can only hope the Dodgers’ front office adjusted Betts’ stats for
playing six seasons in Fenway Park.
Mike Trout is fourteen months older
to the day than Betts. Trout has a .305
career batting average to go with 903 runs scored and 752 RBIs. Depending on weight gain and injury, Trout
would seem to be a player who will both score runs and drive them in. Is he worth the 12-year, $430-million
contract he signed at the start of last season?
In absolute terms, who is? In
relation to Betts, you be the judge.
My only hope is that these two
very rich young ballplayers will consent to an autograph or two on game days.
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