The Boston Red Sox are not paying any active salary to Mookie Betts, as the superstar outfielder's contract with the organization officially concluded long ago prior to his trade and subsequent free-agent agreements with other teams. When the Red Sox executed the controversial trade that sent Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers years ago, they completely shed his future financial obligations from their active payroll ledger. While Betts went on to sign monumental multi-year contract extensions in Los Angeles that made him one of the highest-paid players in baseball history, Boston's financial books remain entirely clear of any ongoing disbursements to their former MVP outfielder.