How much would an extension for Mookie Betts cost?
In 2008, the Red Sox recognized what they had in Dustin Pedroia. One year after he’d claimed Rookie of the Year honors and helped lead his team to a championship, he’d established himself as a team centerpiece in what was already an All-Star campaign by August.
The Red Sox saw a player around whom they wanted to build. Then-assistant GM Jed Hoyer met with Pedroia over breakfast that August to explore comparable long-term deals that might help to frame discussions.
“It was actually one of my favorite meetings with Dustin. He’s got the perfect amount of cockiness and self-confidence,” Hoyer recalled last week at the GM meetings in Scottsdale, Ariz. “Some of the comparables I threw at him, he took offense to. We actually had a really animated breakfast.”
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