This is really going to be remembered as the reason, huh? Like the myth of Duquette saying that Clemens was in "the twilight of his career"?I would really be interested to know what the estimated tax saving are that drove Mookie out of town.
They did not trade Betts to get under the tax. They traded him because he had one year left on his deal and they did not want to meet his asking price, tax or no.