Steve Forbes discusses the big-spending Los Angeles Dodgers and whether they’ve replaced the New York Yankees as Major League Baseball’s “Evil Empire.” Years ago, when the New York Yankees with their huge payroll dominated baseball, a Boston Red Sox executive dubbed the Bronx Bombers “the Evil Empire.”
Kenley Jansen, who spent the last two years with the Boston Red Sox, is reportedly looking to go to a team that will allow him to close games.
The Red Sox DFA’d Brasier after 20 games and a 7.29 ERA in 2023 before he signed a minor league deal with the Dodgers later in the season. He returned to the majors that June and went on to pitch in 39 games for Los Angeles with a 0.70 ERA.
The net present value of Mookie Betts' contract isn't far beyond what the Red Sox were willing to offer; a former Boston exec suggests they could have kept him.
Signing free agents and making trades are vital if you want to play in October. It's also important to grow your own players and keep them.
Kenley Jansen was the Dodgers' primary closer for 10 years, perhaps the greatest ninth-inning reliever in franchise history. He's LA's all-time saves leader with 350, and he was so dominant one season (2017) that he finished fifth in Cy Young voting.
Mookie Betts has won two World Series since the Red Sox traded him to the Dodgers in 2020, but the 8-time All-Star said he still loves Boston and Alex Cora.
In the five years since the Boston Red Sox traded homegrown superstar Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers, what was once New England’s most sacred public institution has remained stuck in reverse.
Alex Bregman is one of the top names left on the free agent market, but the Boston Red Sox don't appear to be in the running.
A handful of contenders, including the two reigning NL and AL champions, are showing interest in an All-Star and Cy Young award winning free agent.
Mookie Betts described joining the Los Angels Dodgers as “the best thing that’s ever happened” in his life during a recent interview.