(Photo : Rob Carr/Getty Images) BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – Mookie Betts (#50) of the Los Angeles Dodgers warms up in opposition to the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on July 19, 2023, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Los Angeles Dodgers landed a star in Mookie Betts after they signed him for 12 years price $365 million.
The outfielder’s signing with Los Angeles went via a prolonged dialogue on the participant’s half, and that was as a result of his former staff Boston Red Sox made an virtually related and shorter supply.
Reports revealed that Betts turned down a 10-year, $300 million deal, a proposal Betts discovered onerous to reject.
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“It was really hard, but also really easy,” Betts stated as a visitor on former teammate Brock Holt’s present Foul Territory.
“Really hard because I saw the paper that they sent over with the numbers on it and looking at that. It was like ‘I’m good for the rest of my life’. Actually saying no to that was really, really hard … Once I was able to learn to say no, it was still hard, but easy because I had already said no to this a couple times and I had to kind of bet on myself.”
Betts’ previous dream of retiring with Boston
Another cause why Betts discovered it onerous to reject his authentic staff Boston Red Sox with whom he performed for 5 years, was his dream of changing into a legend there.
“I know people don’t believe it,” he stated.
“But I wanted to stay in Boston my whole career. That’s where I grew up. That’s my life. I knew everybody there. It was a short flight to Nashville. Like, everything was perfect.”
While that was the plan, he clarified that he and his household discovered to like the town of angels, even calling his rejection of Boston a “blessing in disguise.”
Career-wise, Betts has made it to the All-Star in all of the years he is had with Dodgers up to now.
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