 The Red Sox play of hopes appear to be dwindling yet they're still in it. Could there be a major shake up in the offseason despite them winning the World Series just last year? Well, there could be, Mike, and since we have no August trades, insiders like me, we have to look ahead to the offseason already, so I'm going to do that right now for a moment at least. Of course, at this time last year, Mookie Betz was on his way to winning the MVP, winning the World Series, and it seemed as though his future certainly would be in Boston. However, Joel Sherman reported that Mookie turned down an eight-year $200 million contract extension offer, and it seems very likely to go to free agency at this point in time. He is a free agent after the coming season, after 2020, and so I was told by sources today that there's a belief in the industry, and now this is not coming from the Red Sox, but they believe at this point in time that the Red Sox will at least listen, yes, listen, to trade offers for Mookie in the winter. Now, while that may sound absurd, here's the reasoning. You think about the Red Sox pitching staff. Porcelo has struggled. Price is on the injured list right now. We've seen Sale have objectively the worst year of his career, and if the Red Sox believe that their pitching is simply not good enough, looking forward, to be able to compete against the Yankees, against the Reyes, they may have to make the very dramatic decision if they don't want to extend their payroll further, which by the way, they're already spending the most money in baseball this year, that one of their best ways to get young pitching in would be potentially, yes, to put Mookie on the trade market this winter. Not to say there's going to be a deal, but I believe, Mike, from what I've been told by sources today, that there's a pretty strong belief at least Mookie will be available, and one team I'll mention, the Atlanta Braves. They've got so much great young pitching, they also have a great young outfitter, Christian Pache, the top end of the minor leagues. If the Red Sox could get Ian Anderson and Christian Pache, again, they're just prospect names right now, but I believe the Red Sox would have to at least consider it, especially because you think about the Braves perspective, Mookie's from Nashville, that might be one place where the long-term extension could fit very nicely with Mookie from a geographic standpoint. Hey, JP, real quick, and it's only because the Red Sox don't feel like they're able to afford them with all the other money they have on their team right now? Right, it's exactly. The combination, they've already, of course, extended bow guards, they've extended sale, they've got price sign for big money going forward. They also may have to deal with JD Martinez opting out, by the way, when the season is over, so they may have to make a decision, JD or Mookie. The lineup, of course, has been good, but the pitching's was really let them down this year, so that might be a very difficult but necessary choice for the Red Sox this winter. All right, JP, more from you later on in the show, stick around. All right, he won the MVP last year, didn't he? Mookie, I mean... Mike, let's start with the basics. Keep a real skip. Let's start with the basics. They're the Boston Red Sox. They will, they'll get creative, they are not going to trade Mookie bets. I am sorry. This guy is a multi-year, he's going to be in the MVP talk, talks for a long time. It's like talking to the Angels about Mike Trout for heaven's sakes. You know, you're, this guy is one of the best players in the game, you just don't trade the best players in the game. Guys are turning down $200 million, $300 million, that, you know, that's not going to change. But Mookie bets, they're going to come up with some way. Dave Dombrovsky's too bright guy, very creative, and my guess is in the next few years, you're going to continue to see Mookie win number 50 in the Boston uniform. That man has a lot of accolades. His hallway must be big, because there's a lot of hardware going in those hallways. He's got gold sprinkled in the outfield. He can hit, he can run. There's too many things that go around him. He makes the offense go, he's having a down year. That's why the offense have a down year, as far as the team standpoint of winning. You're too valuable. You can't let him go. Do you think if this team feels like he would leave any way that they would try and get something for him? Well, I need to test him, because I can't believe he turned down $200 million. That's not a lot of money for a guy like him, eight years and $200 million. Not for a guy like him. That's chipping deep in that field. You've got to be careful. You've got to be careful when you start talking about getting prospects, and I understand there's a lot of good prospects out there we're watching today. All of these young guys coming up, let me tell you, not everybody makes it. Absolutely. And you're giving up an MVP guy for two chance guys, I'm just saying. They better be four or five for him. You better believe that. He's still a very young guy too. See what happens here.