Mookie Betts traded to the Dodgers

[HollywoodLeo]

Yeah, seems like a stupid spite move by Moreno.

[HollywoodLeo]

Rosenthal is suggesting that it's unclear whether it's the Angels or Dodgers that backed out, though

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Not entirely clear why #Dodgers-#Angels trade will not happen. Evidently hinged on three-team trade going down in original form. One source: LAD chose different path after after #RedSox-#MNTwins could not agree on Graterol. Another: LAA’s Moreno grew impatient and pulled deal.

[realmofotalk]

It makes more sense that the Dodgers would be the ones to back out of the deal. Joc losing his arbitration case helps a little bit, if it's still not enough to keep them under the tax, it's at least easier for another team out there to absorb his salary in a dump.

You can say the Dodgers look bad in pulling out, but after the Red Sox reneged on the original deal, all bets were off.

[realmofotalk]

I'm still bummed that the Dodgers' price in the 3-team deal changed from Maeda, Verdugo, and no prospects to having to throw in prospects Jeter Downs and Connor Wong for no reason other than that the Red Sox's higher-ups got cold feet after the original agreement was reported.