<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-mookie-betts-no-interest-hit-by-pitch-talks');   ga('set', 'title', 'Dodgers’ Mookie Betts has no interest in engaging in hit-by-pitch talks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Mookie-Betts-warms-up-before-Mets-Dodgers-game.jpg"><figcaption>Jason Parkhurst-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Dodgers’ Mookie Betts has no interest in engaging in hit-by-pitch talks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-20T11:23:58-07:00">June 20th, 11:23am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-20T11:23:58-07:00">June 20th, 11:23am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Fernando Tatis Jr. and Shohei Ohtani were both hit by pitches multiple times during the recent San Diego Padres-Los Angeles Dodgers series. Other players on both teams were also hit by pitches, and the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-gesture-los-angeles-padres-rivalry">Dodgers-Padres rivalry</a> boiled over at times. Managers <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-news-fernando-tatis-jr-shohei-ohtani-pelted-managers-go-at-it-padres-dodgers-clash">Dave Roberts and Mike Shildt were even seemingly on the verge of a fight</a> during Thursday’s game. Both managers got brutally honest on the situation after the game, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/padres-news-manny-machado-sends-warning-after-fernando-tatis-jr-injury">as did Manny Machado</a>. Mookie Betts, however, <a href="https://x.com/FoulTerritoryTV/status/1935957904210944292" rel="noopener">had no interest in discussing</a> the topic.</p><p>“I don’t know, I ain’t got nothing to do with that,” Betts told reporters on Spectrum SportsNet, via Foul Territory. “There’s gonna be zero controversy talk over here, so if y’all wanna talk about hit-by-pitches, we can go ahead and end it… It was a good baseball game. They came out on top.”</p><p>Betts clearly wanted to focus on the baseball element of the game as opposed to the brewing rivalry following multiple hit-by-pitches. As for the game itself, the Padres emerged victorious with a 5-3 win. The Dodgers, though, earned a 3-1 series victory.</p><p>LA and San Diego will not play again until the middle of August. It will be intriguing to see if the tension carries over into the teams’ next head-to-head matchup. There is no question that the Dodgers and Padres are not exactly big fans of one another.</p><p>The Dodgers hold a five-game lead over the third place San Diego Padres in the National league West division. The San Francisco Giants, who are in second place, currently sit three and a half games behind Los Angeles. It has been a competitive division, but San Diego needs to bounce back soon in order to avoid falling out of the division race.</p><p>The Dodgers’ next game is scheduled for Friday night against the Washington Nationals, while the Padres and Kansas City Royals will play on Friday evening as well.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dodgers’ Mookie Betts has no interest in engaging in hit-by-pitch talks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-mookie-betts-drops-crazy-reaction-red-sox-rafael-devers-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Dodgers’ Mookie Betts drops ‘crazy’ reaction to Red Sox’s Rafael Devers trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Dodgers-shortstop-Mookie-Betts-50-rounds-first-base.jpg"><figcaption>Ryan Sun-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Dodgers’ Mookie Betts drops ‘crazy’ reaction to Red Sox’s Rafael Devers trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-16T06:32:17-07:00">June 16th, 6:32am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-16T07:28:01-07:00">June 16th, 7:28am</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts will have a reunion of sorts with former Boston Red Sox teammate Rafael Devers. That’s following the shocking trade that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-clayton-kershaw-reaction-giants-rafael-devers-trade">sent Devers to the Dodgers’ National League West rivals San Francisco Giants</a>, on Sunday.</p><p>The trade went down amid the series finale at Dodger Stadium between the Dodgers and San Francisco, which sent a strong message to the rest of the big leagues about their clear intention to win the World Series by giving up pitchers Kyle Harrison, Jordan Hicks and  Jose Belo and outfilelder James Tibbs III in exchange for the three-time MLB All-Star.</p><p>Betts was just a<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6428451/2025/06/15/mookie-bets-rafael-devers-trade-comments/" rel="noopener">s bewildered as everyone else was</a> upon learning the Red Sox’s decision to move on from Devers, who won a World Series with them in 2018, when Betts was also still calling Fenway Park home.</p><p>“I just thought it was crazy,” said Betts of Devers’ trade to the Giants, per Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic. “Nothing really to say, it’s just crazy.”</p><p>Betts must know what it feels like to be transported from the Red Sox as a high-caliber player to the NL West, as that was the same route he had taken to Los Angeles.</p><p>Back in 2020, the former American League Most Valuable Player was traded by Boston to the Dodgers along with David Price, Alex Verdugo, Jeter Downs and Connor Wong. That trade remains widely considered a one-sided deal that favored Los Angeles considerably. The Red Sox had been in the MLB postseason just once since, while Betts had won the World Series two more times with Los Angeles. He also signed a 12-year, $365 million extension with the Dodgers just months after the trade.</p><p>Devers’ trade to the Giants is also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/beantown-rundown-red-sox-rafael-devers-trade-worse-mookie-betts-deal">being viewed in the same spectrum</a>, with many believing that San Francisco fleeced the Red Sox in the transaction.</p><p>With the Giants, Devers appears to be in a good position to chase a World Series ring. The Dodgers are still leading the division but San Francisco is doing an admirable job of staying within shouting distance of Los Angeles. Betts and Devers will see each other more regularly as well, with the two now in the same division. The Dodgers and the Giants will next take on each other in July for a three-game series in San Francisco just before the All-Star break.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dodgers’ Mookie Betts drops ‘crazy’ reaction to Red Sox’s Rafael Devers trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/beantown-rundown-red-sox-rafael-devers-trade-worse-mookie-betts-deal');   ga('set', 'title', 'Beantown Rundown: Why the Red Sox Rafael Devers trade is worse than the Mookie Betts deal');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Beantown-Rundown-Why-the-Red-Sox-Rafael-Devers-trade-is-worse-than-the-Mookie-Betts-deal.jpg"></figure><h1>Beantown Rundown: Why the Red Sox Rafael Devers trade is worse than the Mookie Betts deal</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-16T05:59:51-07:00">June 16th, 5:59am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-16T05:59:51-07:00">June 16th, 5:59am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints, who also covers the NBA and MLB. He received his Masters in Business Administration Bachelor's degree in Sports Management from Nichols College. Previously, ran his own website, and had bylines at FanSided, Basketball Network, Athlon Sports, and The Sporting News. In addition to his work at ClutchPoints, Owen is also a Breaking News Writer at Heavy and a Content Producer for More Views Media.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-fans-stunned-boston-travel-gesture-rafael-devers">Boston Red Sox have done it again</a>. Just when you think they have learned their lesson about destroying their relationship with their best players, they go back to the well and blow up their team once again. The latest move has seen them <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/giants-rafael-devers-blockbuster-red-sox-trade">shockingly trade superstar designated hitter Rafael Devers</a> to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Jordan Hicks, Kyle Harrison, James Tibbs III, and Jose Bello.</p><p>While the tension between Devers and the Red Sox front office was well known, the <a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/red-sox/boston-red-sox-news/boston-red-sox-news/rafael-devers-red-sox-blockbuster-took-another-turn-per-insider-pat3" rel="noopener">trade came out of nowhere</a>. Boston, fresh off a sweep of the New York Yankees, now have a massive hole in the middle of their lineup for no good reason. Where they go from here is as good as anyone’s guess, and it’s clear their hopes of making any sort of substantial playoff run have now disappeared.</p><p>Of course, given that this is the Red Sox, there was a trade that fans could immediately compare this to, which was the deal that sent Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers. And yet, when it comes to comparing these two ridiculous trades, it’s obvious that the Devers move is the worst of the bunch, largely because of the work the front office just threw away when it came to making up for the Betts trade.</p><h2><b>Red Sox make the same mistake with Rafael Devers that they made with Mookie Betts</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Dodgers-shortstop-Mookie-Betts-and-Giants-designated-hitter-Rafael-Devers.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>To understand the full scope of the Devers trade, it’s important to revisit the Betts deal. In February 2020, the Red Sox sent Betts, David Price, and cash considerations to the Dodgers in exchange for Alex Verdugo, Jeter Downs, and Connor Wong. Of that trio, only Wong is still in Boston, and he’s essentially lost his starting catcher job to Carlos Narvaez for the time being.</p><p>Pretty much anyone with a reasonable understanding of baseball could have told you this deal was going to backfire. At the time of this deal, Betts was already a four-time All-Star who won the American League MVP Award and a World Series in 2018. Verdugo and Downs were highly rated prospects, but you always take established talent over potential talent (at least you should).</p><p>Ultimately, though, the Betts trade wasn’t surprising because the Red Sox front office inexplicably did not want to hand him a massive new contract. Given the lack of a true salary cap in MLB, handing your best players outrageous contract is pretty much par for the course. Betts signed a 12-year, $365 million deal with the Dodgers just months after this trade, and he’s gone on to help them win a pair of World Series titles.</p><p>Since then, Boston has just one playoff appearance, when they made a surprising run to the ALCS in 2021. After failing to extend another homegrown star, Xander Bogaerts, the front office finally appeared to learn their lesson with Devers. In January 2023, they agreed to a 10-year, $313.5 million deal that would officially kick in starting in 2024, meaning he wasn’t even a year-and-a-half into this extension.</p><p>By now, we all know the drama that led to this deal going down. Devers took shots at Craig Breslow and the front office for essentially forcing him to move from third base to designated hitter, only to ask him to play in the field once Triston Casas and Alex Bregman suffered injuries. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/red-sox-news-rafael-devers-did-not-request-giants-trade">relationship soured behind the scenes</a>, which is apparently the primary reasoning for this move.</p><p>There are just so many problems with this deal that it’s tough to find a starting spot. While San Francisco is taking on the remainder of Devers deal, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/san-francisco-giants/rafael-devers-trade-grades-giants-red-sox">return for him is downright awful</a>. The trade is essentially a salary dump involving Boston’s best player. If you needed to get out of the contract so badly, why did you even bother signing him to it in the first place?</p><p>Perhaps worse than the actual return was the timing. For the first time this season, Boston actually has momentum on the field. They just swept their bitter rival, which also happened to be their third series win in a row. Sure, the Devers drama was going to linger over the rest of the season, but the Red Sox now have an even bigger storyline lingering over the remainder of the year that they did not have to subject themselves to.</p><p>Why not wait until the offseason and see if the relationship between the player and the club could have been mended? Boston certainly had the talent to make a run this year, and winning cures everything. Now, the Red Sox are leaning on a crop of youngsters (Kristian Campbell, Marcelo Mayer, and Roman Anthony) to immediately deliver when manager Alex Cora has spent the better part of the year working to protect them as much as possible. Their top source of protection just got shipped to San Francisco for what will likely be the remainder of his career.</p><p>The biggest difference between these two trades is that the front office made their intentions with Betts clear. Their logic was wrong, no doubt about it, but it wasn’t much of a surprise to see him get shipped to the Dodgers. They spent the better part of the past five seasons working on building themselves back up from that moronic move, only to make the same mistake with Devers for much worse reasons.</p><p>That alone is why this trade is worse than the Betts trade. After an offseason in which they finally appeared interested in building a winner again, they traded away their best player because he threw a hissy fit about what position he played. This is not a decision that is geared towards building a better baseball team.</p><p>Now, Boston finds themselves in virtually the same spot they were in five years ago. Without a superstar to lead the way, they are going to have to hope and pray that Campbell, Mayer, and Anthony all become All-Star caliber talents who can bring this team back to the promised land. But even if they do, what evidence do we have that suggests the Red Sox will hang onto them long enough for it to matter?</p><p>The hard truth is that we don’t, because the team’s last three homegrown superstars (that literally led the franchise to a championship in 2018) are all playing on the west coast now. There have been some dark days over the past few years for Red Sox fans, but there’s no doubt that Sunday was the darkest of them all.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Beantown Rundown: Why the Red Sox Rafael Devers trade is worse than the Mookie Betts deal

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-mookie-betts-drops-harsh-garbage-take-on-his-2025-play');   ga('set', 'title', 'Dodgers’ Mookie Betts drops harsh ‘garbage’ take on his 2025 play');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Mookie-Betts-has-not-been-impressed-with-his-seasno.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: David Frerker-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Dodgers’ Mookie Betts drops harsh ‘garbage’ take on his 2025 play</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-12T17:34:14-07:00">June 12th, 5:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-12T17:34:14-07:00">June 12th, 5:34pm</time><address><a>Steve Silverman</a>Steve Silverman has been covering the NFL for more than 35 years, and his writing has appeared in ESPN Magazine, Bleacher Report, CBS Sports, Pro Football Weekly, and Forbes.com. He has written 10 books, including "Who's Better, Who's Best in the NFL." He has won multiple awards from the Pro Football Writers of America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Mookie Betts did not like the way he was playing if the first two months of the season for the defending World Series champion <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/dodgers-rumors-las-biggest-focus-trade-deadline-approaches">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>. Betts is normally one of the game’s elite All-Star players, but he was rather ordinary until he suffered a fractured toe in an at-home accident.</p><p>Prior to that strange injury that occurred when he walked into a wall, Betts was hitting .254 with a .742 OPS for the Dodgers. Betts had grown increasingly frustrated because he was not hitting the ball the way he was used to attacking at the plate. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and fans had seen Betts dominate the strike zone and produce extra base hits on a consistent basis.</p><p>Betts was quite frustrated with his performance. He said he thought his lack of production emanated from an illness he had during spring training that cause him to lose 20 pounds.</p><p>“I had to figure out how to attack them,” <a href="https://www.ocregister.com/2025/06/12/fractured-toe-gave-dodgers-mookie-betts-a-chance-to-look-for-answers/">he said</a>. “Before, I wasn’t really attacking the right areas. I was trying. I thought I was but it wasn’t really registering. I think the time off gave my body enough time off to stack some positive days and not think I was doing something right, go test it in the game and go get out a couple times and think that what progression you made is null and void.”</p><h2><b>Betts has rebounded since returning from the injury</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Dave-Roberts-celebrates-with-Mookie-Betts.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Jason Parkhurst-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The talented Betts appears to have found his form since returning to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/dodgers-news-ben-casparius-earns-major-props-dave-roberts-surprise-start">the Dodgers</a> lineup. He has a .351 batting average (13 for 31) and a .901 OPS in nine games since missing four games with the injury.</p><p>Delivering something of a resurgence allowed Betts to be fairly honest when he discussed his earlier performance.</p><p>“Garbage,” he said his numbers before his injury. “I believe I can be better than that. I believe in my abilities and my process. I felt like I was doing the right work but it wasn’t really translating. It’s just hard. It’s hard to know you were somebody and you’re giving it everything you’ve got and it’s not showing up. It’s hard to look at. I don’t care who you are.”</p><p>Betts is clearly one of the most accomplished players in the game. He has won the Most Valuable Player Award and he has earned a batting title, six Gold Gloves and seven Silver Slugger awards. He has played a key role in winning World Series championships with the Boston Red Sox and two with the Dodgers. He appears to be on a  Hall of Fame path.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dodgers’ Mookie Betts drops harsh ‘garbage’ take on his 2025 play

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-mookie-betts-reveals-biggest-issue-cardinals');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mookie Betts reveals Dodgers’ biggest issue vs. Cardinals');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Mookie-Betts-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Mookie Betts reveals Dodgers’ biggest issue vs. Cardinals</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-07T01:32:54-07:00">June 7th, 1:32am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-07T01:41:19-07:00">June 7th, 1:41am</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-mookie-betts-blunt-assessment-come-behind-win-vs-mets">come-from-behind win over the New York Mets</a> Thursday to salvage a 2-2 series split. But LA has appeared shaky of late, a trend that continued in the team’s series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals Friday.</p><p>The Dodgers lost 5-0 in St. Louis as the team went just 1-13 with runners in scoring position. After the game, Mookie Betts discussed Los Angeles’ biggest <a href="https://x.com/SportsNetLA/status/1931208959081566520?t=EbkpuBlKzIsKQlOqRhJU3g&amp;s=19" rel="noopener">failure in the loss</a>.</p><p>“You have to have timely hitting. We played defense and pitched pretty well, just couldn’t scratch anything across. Had some at-bats that came up empty. But that’s part of the game,” Betts explained via SportsNet LA on X.</p><p>“We have to have a better team approach, especially with guys in scoring position,” he added.</p><h2><b>Mookie Betts addresses Dodgers’ shutout loss</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Mookie-Betts2.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While the Dodgers got blanked by the Cardinals as the team’s bats went cold, Betts had a strong day at the plate. The former MVP went 3-4 in St. Louis Friday. It was his most prolific outing since a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-mookie-betts-reveals-details-behind-broken-toe">broken toe sidelined him</a> for four games.</p><p>Betts missed the Dodgers’ World Series rematch against the New York Yankees but was able to return to the lineup for the matchup with the Mets. While LA split that series, the team is just 6-7 over the last 13 games.</p><p>The Dodgers dropped to 38-26 with the loss to the Cardinals and their lead over the second-place San Diego Padres in the NL West is down to one game.</p><p>On the positive side for Los Angeles, center fielder <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-andy-pages-career-high-with-hit-vs-cardinals">Andy Pages extended his hitting streak</a> to a career-high 11 games Friday. Pages has been a major contributor for the Dodgers this season, playing excellent defense and producing at the plate.</p><p>Pages went 2-4 against the Cardinals and is now slashing .293/.337/.498 on the season. However, he’s been red-hot in June. The second-year pro is batting .429 with a 1.286 OPS in five games this month.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.256	9	41	0.725	6

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.256	9	41	0.725	6

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