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Originally Posted by Atocep
You could always just hire Betts's agent as general manager and extend him. Then trade away your top 2 prospects for something like Hosmer and Yates.
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I get the Mets reference, but I don't think Dombrowski had something special that would help sign Betts. I just don't think the owners want to commit the long term $$$ necessary & Dombrowski would've 100% opposed any attempt to trade him early or go for a rebuild/retooling.
I guess JBJ is also a potential UFA after next year, JD Martinez could opt out & Porcello will need to be replaced & the bullpen upgraded this winter, but the Betts question and whether we're willing to jump into the luxury tax for the next few seasons given our other big contracts is the one huge question. I'd much prefer we just sign him, but if ownership doesn't want to commit the $$$ then yeah I guess we should trade him this winter for a ton of value instead of pulling what the Hornets did with Kemba & watching him walk for nothing when we know we're not willing to pay what he both wants and will get on the open market.