Odds Say Mookie Betts Gets More Money in Next Contract Than Bryce Harper Did

• Sportsbooks favor Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts signing a contract worth more than the $330 million deal the Phillies gave Bryce Harper
• Betts recently avoided arbitration by signing a one-year, $20-million contract
• Betts is the reigning AL MVP and batting champion

Are you willing to bet that when the Boston Red Sox show Mookie Betts the money, they will go bigger than the Philadelphia Phillies did with Bryce Harper?

Bryce Harper's reported 13-year, $330 million deal with the Phillies will have a ripple effect in MLB. @RedSox fans will be keeping a close eye contract talks with @mookiebetts. https://t.co/CRukEiNRjn pic.twitter.com/Za04wPKwYT

— NESN (@NESN) February 28, 2019

Online betting sites are offering you the chance at making that wager. Oddsmakers have set the odds that when Boston Red Sox outfielder Betts signs his next pact, he will surpass the $330 million contract the Phillies recently gave to outfielder Bryce Harper.

That deal made former NL MVP Harper the highest-paid player in baseball history.

Odds on Money in Mookie Betts’ Next Contract

All odds taken March 9.

His recent one-year, $20 million contract enabled Betts to set a record for a player in his second season of arbitration eligibility.

Betts Is Multi-Faceted

Is there anything Betts can’t do? He won the AL MVP last season. He led the league with a .346 batting average, the first Red Sox player to do so since Bill Mueller in 2003. Betts hit for the cycle last Aug 9.

He’s been an all-star and a Gold Glove winner each of the past three seasons. He won Silver Slugger awards in two of the last three years and was MLB defensive player of the year in 2016.

We should mention that Betts also does in-game play by play.

.@MookieBetts does the play-by-play on his own play, because, why not. pic.twitter.com/ibRg6DJtEr

— Cut4 (@Cut4) March 7, 2019

Oh, and he’s also a member of the Professional Bowlers Association.

Bowling with Mookie Betts. pic.twitter.com/I4msTAisYT

— Obi Juan Jabroni (@ABomb31) March 2, 2019

He’s rolled three 300 games, one of them in competition. He appropriately did it at the 2017 World Series of Bowling.

Any Betts On How Much Moolah For Mookie?

Even though they avoided a messy arbitration hearing this winter, Betts still seems cool on the idea of making a long-term commitment to the Red Sox.

Mookie Betts, at Red Sox Winter Weekend, said the amicable settlement of his contract for the coming season will not necessarily lead to a long-term deal. pic.twitter.com/9GrshcLiuc

— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) January 19, 2019

He’ll be eligible for free agency at the end of the 2020 season, the same time that two-time AL MVP and Los Angeles Angels OF Mike Trout also becomes a free agent.

Odds on Length of Betts’ Next Contract

Betts seems keen on testing the market, and who can blame him when you see the money that Harper and Manny Machado ($300 million) got this winter.

.@GlobeChadFinn Sports Q: How much money will Mookie Betts make when he signs a long-term contract?https://t.co/cs6ZbDMl2g pic.twitter.com/rReFc5EtiO

— Boston.com Red Sox News (@BDCSox) March 1, 2019

He’s definitely a better player than Machado and you can make a strong case that Betts is an upgrade over Harper as well.

Betts and Trout figure to get paid and then some in 2021. We think both will become baseball’s first $40 million per season players.

Bryce Harper's record-breaking contract will set the table for Mookie Betts' eventual new deal.

But forecasting Betts' earning potential is easier said than done. https://t.co/7CVOQ0FGlQ pic.twitter.com/vxqephkNTQ

— NESN (@NESN) March 1, 2019

For Betts, we like 10 years and $400 million to be the stipend he receives in free agency.