The superstar right fielder of the Boston Red Sox, Mookie Betts, just broke the Major League Baseball record for an agreement to avoid arbitration. His new 1 year deal is worth an incredible $27 million. The previous MLB arbitration record was held by the All Star third baseman, Nolan Arenado, who negotiated a 1 year $26 million contract last offseason. Betts avoided arbitration last season for a cool $20 million too.

On Friday, January 10, 2020 the Boston Red Sox announced their other one year deals including great players such as outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. for $11 million as well as relief pitchers Brandon Workman at $3.5 million, Matt Barnes for $3.1 million, and Heath Hembree received $1.6125 million. The Red Sox are looking to improve from last season’s effort as they missed the MLB playoffs, but they did win a World Series Championship in 2018.

The only arbitration eligible players for Boston that did not sign with Red Sox are outfielder Andrew Benintendi and the left handed pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez. Mookie Betts is now scheduled to become a free agent again after the 2020 Major League Baseball season. Last season the man hit 29 home runs, 80 runs batted in, and carried a batting average of .295 throughout 2019. Betts also led the American League in runs scored with 135.

The homegrown right fielder was selected by the Red Sox in the fifth round of the 2011 MLB draft. Throughout his professional baseball career, he has hit for an average of .301 to go along with an OPS of .893. Since June of 2014 Betts has led the big leagues in runs scored with 613, he is in second with 394 extra base hits, and fourth in hits at 965 base knocks. During that same span he leads the Boston Red Sox in home runs with 139, and he is second in RBI’s with 470.

In 2018, Mookie Betts was awarded the American League MVP, a Gold Glove Award, and a Silver Slugger Award. He led the majors that season in batting average as he hit .346, he slugged  .640, and he scored 129 runs that year. He is mighty well decorated for only playing at the major league level for 6 MLB seasons. For all of his batting statistics that he consistently dominates the AL with he plays some super nasty defense as well. Just take a look at those amazing statistics below.

Betts’ Regular Season Batting Statistics:

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2014 21 BOS AL 52 213 189 34 55 12 1 5 18 7 3 21 31 .291 .368 .444 .812 126 84 2 2 1 0 0 849
2015 22 BOS AL 145 654 597 92 174 42 8 18 77 21 6 46 82 .291 .341 .479 .820 117 286 2 2 3 6 1 *89/D MVP-19
2016 23 BOS AL 158 730 672 122 214 42 5 31 113 26 4 49 80 .318 .363 .534 .897 133 359 12 2 0 7 1 *9 AS,MVP-2 ,GG ,SS
2017 24 BOS AL 153 712 628 101 166 46 2 24 102 26 3 77 79 .264 .344 .459 .803 108 288 9 2 0 5 9 *9 AS,MVP-6,GG
2018 25 BOS AL 136 614 520 129 180 47 5 32 80 30 6 81 91 .346 .438 .640 1.078 186 333 5 8 0 5 8 *98/D4 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
2019 26 BOS AL 150 706 597 135 176 40 5 29 80 16 3 97 101 .295 .391 .524 .915 135 313 11 3 0 9 6 *98/D AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
6 Yrs 794 3629 3203 613 965 229 26 139 470 126 25 371 464 .301 .374 .519 .893 134 1663 41 19 4 32 25
162 Game Avg. 162 740 654 125 197 47 5 28 96 26 5 76 95 .301 .374 .519 .893 134 339 8 4 1 7 5

Betts’ Regular Season Fielding Statistics:

Year Age Tm Pos Lg G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2014 21 BOS OF AL 37 36 33 326.2 88 84 3 1 2 .989 -6 5 -20 18 2.40 2.35 .986 2.26 2.25
2014 21 BOS CF AL 28 28 25 249.2 66 64 2 0 2 1.000 -5 2 -25 10 2.38 2.36 .989 2.69 2.69
2014 21 BOS 2B AL 14 14 14 122.0 66 25 38 3 7 .955 -1 -1 -11 -10 4.65 4.50 .984 4.61 4.60
2014 21 BOS RF AL 12 8 8 77.0 22 20 1 1 0 .955 1 3 9 47 2.45 1.75 .982 2.08 2.07
2015 22 BOS OF AL 144 141 137 1254.0 373 358 10 5 2 .987 -7 10 -6 9 2.64 2.56 .987 2.20 2.19 MVP-19
2015 22 BOS CF AL 133 130 126 1157.0 349 335 10 4 2 .989 -8 9 -8 9 2.68 2.59 .990 2.68 2.66 MVP-19
2015 22 BOS RF AL 11 11 11 97.0 24 23 0 1 0 .958 1 1 9 12 2.13 2.09 .985 2.02 2.00 MVP-19
2015 22 BOS DH AL 1 0 MVP-19
2016 23 BOS OF AL 157 157 151 1381.2 361 346 14 1 4 .997 17 32 15 27 2.34 2.29 .986 2.15 2.12 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
2016 23 BOS RF AL 157 157 151 1381.2 361 346 14 1 4 .997 17 32 15 28 2.34 2.29 .986 2.10 2.08 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
2017 24 BOS OF AL 153 153 148 1389.1 379 366 8 5 1 .987 24 31 20 26 2.42 2.44 .985 2.16 2.14 AS,MVP-6,GG
2017 24 BOS RF AL 153 153 148 1389.1 379 366 8 5 1 .987 24 31 20 27 2.42 2.44 .982 2.04 2.02 AS,MVP-6,GG
2018 25 BOS OF AL 131 128 112 1112.0 278 272 5 1 0 .996 20 20 22 21 2.24 2.11 .987 2.20 2.18 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
2018 25 BOS RF AL 120 115 103 1001.0 246 241 4 1 0 .996 19 20 22 24 2.20 2.04 .986 2.07 2.05 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
2018 25 BOS CF AL 14 13 9 111.0 32 31 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 5 0 2.59 2.29 .989 2.57 2.54 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
2018 25 BOS DH AL 3 3 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
2018 25 BOS 2B AL 1 0 0 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 80 0 3.00 2.00 .980 4.05 4.10 AS,MVP-1,GG,SS
2019 26 BOS OF AL 143 142 132 1273.1 332 320 10 2 0 .994 17 15 16 14 2.33 2.31 .985 2.13 2.12 AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
2019 26 BOS RF AL 132 126 121 1129.1 283 274 8 1 0 .996 12 15 12 16 2.25 2.14 .983 2.07 2.06 AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
2019 26 BOS CF AL 17 16 11 144.0 49 46 2 1 0 .980 5 0 42 0 3.00 2.82 .988 2.49 2.47 AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
2019 26 BOS DH AL 7 6 AS,MVP-8,GG,SS
6 Seasons OF 765 757 713 6737.0 1811 1746 50 15 9 .992 65 113 12 20 2.40 2.35 .986 2.17 2.15
6 Seasons RF 585 570 542 5075.1 1315 1270 35 10 5 .992 72 102 17 24 2.31 2.23 .984 2.07 2.05
4 Seasons CF 192 187 171 1661.2 496 476 15 5 4 .990 -7 11 -5 7 2.66 2.56 .990 2.66 2.64
2 Seasons 2B 15 14 14 128.0 68 25 40 3 7 .956 -1 -1 -7 -9 4.57 4.33 .984 4.58 4.57
3 Seasons DH 11 9
6 Seasons TOT 780 771 727 6865.0 1879 1771 90 18 16 .990 64 112 11 19 2.44 2.39 .986 2.22 2.20
Pos Lg G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

 Betts’ Playoff Batting Statistics:

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB WPA
2016 23 BOS AL ALDS CLE L 3 12 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .200 .333 .300 .633 3 1 0 0 0 0 -0.12
2017 24 BOS AL ALDS HOU L 4 17 16 2 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .313 .353 .438 .790 7 0 0 0 0 0 -0.11
2018 25 BOS AL ALDS NYY W 4 19 16 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 .188 .316 .250 .566 4 0 0 0 0 2 -0.09
2018 25 BOS AL ALCS HOU W 5 25 23 5 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .217 .280 .304 .584 7 0 1 0 0 0 -0.06
2018 25 BOS AL WS LAD W 5 26 23 5 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 6 .217 .308 .391 .699 9 0 0 0 0 2 -0.20
3 Yrs (5 Series) 21 99 88 16 20 7 0 1 4 2 0 10 17 .227 .313 .341 .654 30 1 1 0 0 4 -0.58
3 ALDS 11 48 42 6 10 4 0 0 2 1 0 6 9 .238 .333 .333 .667 14 1 0 0 0 2 -0.32
1 ALCS 5 25 23 5 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .217 .280 .304 .584 7 0 1 0 0 0 -0.06
1 WS 5 26 23 5 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 6 .217 .308 .391 .699 9 0 0 0 0 2 -0.20