Red Sox Writer Pitches Wild Multiplayer Mookie Betts-to-Yankees Trade

Could a pivotal Boston Red Sox player be wearing the iconic pinstripes next season?

The last time that Boston and the New York Yankees partook in a trade was in 2014, when the Sox traded Stephen Drew for Kelly Johnson. But if live in the fanciful world of one Red Sox writer, it could happen again this offseason...featuring Mookie Betts as a centerpiece.

Dreaming? Sure. But with the 27-year-old former MVP and four-time Gold Glove winner only under contract through 2020, the Sox could be motivated to move him before he leaves in free agency. And if the Yanks are willing to pay a king's ransom and absorb the risk he leaves after one season, why wouldn't new Red Sox exec Chaim Bloom try to bilk them for all they're worth?

Per Sox beat writer Pete Abraham, a dream trade might look something like...this.

The Yankees would get Betts and lefty pitching prospect Jay Groome (a Barnegat high schooler and New Jersey native), while the Yanks would send Miguel Andujar, Clint Frazier, Luis Gil, and Michael King to Boston. King's a Rhode Island native and intriguing pitching prospect, and Frazier and Andujar speak for themselves -- bats without a position.

The idea of seeing Betts in pinstripes is very intriguing, but New York would need to give up a pretty penny in order to gain the services of the talented right fielder.

One also wonders what the Yankees would do with Aaron Judge if they were to acquire Betts. Would Betts slot immediately into center, rendering Aaron Hicks' recovery somewhat irrelevant? Would that convince general manager Brian Cashman to pull the trigger?

One way or another, it seems as if Betts is likely to leave the Massachusetts area this offseason, and a trip to pinstripes could secure the Yankees' first World Series in over 10 years. It didn't go down with Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio all those years ago, though, so...why would it happen now? Likely to fanciful to materialize. But one can dream...