A physical exam, the final step to a trade, is usually a mere formality. In this case, it amounts to a gift for the Red Sox. Now let’s see if they have the wisdom and guts to accept it and call off this shameless Mookie Betts salary dump of a trade.

Repeat: Call off your first trade and declare it null and void, Chaim Bloom. Use the mulligan that has presented itself to you.

The trade is on hold, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, because after viewing the medical reports of Twins beefy right-handed pitching prospect Brusdar Graterol, the Red Sox “viewed him more as a reliever than a starter” and therefore “might ask for an additional player and/or money to bridge the gap.”

In other words, Graterol is damaged goods. Better idea than asking for another player or more money to go toward David Price’s contract: Call the whole thing off. Now. And don’t look back. View this as a gift from the heavens and keep Mookie in a Red Sox uniform for as long as possible, preferably for the next 10 years.

The guess here is the Red Sox don’t have the stomach to do it. It would infuriate the Dodgers and create the uncomfortable situation of bringing back two players they just traded. Plus, it would require admitting they made a terrible mistake, even without uttering the words. When is the last time the Red Sox ever admitted to making a mistake? Anyone?

First time for everything, and I can’t think of a better time than right now.

Such a bold, fan-friendly move finally would put a stop to the mudslide of embarrassing news that has turned this winter into a sloppy mess for the once-proud Red Sox. First they get caught up in a sign-stealing investigation. Then they have to fire their popular manager, Alex Cora, because he was the mastermind behind the Astros’ cheating scheme. Then they show no interest in hiring Dusty Baker as manager. Now they trade the great Mookie Betts and the talented, mercurial, overpaid David Price in exchange for a hotheaded outfielder the Dodgers couldn’t wait to get rid of and a pitcher who at the age of 21 already has X-rays that froze the Red Sox into temporary inaction.

Repeat: Get out from under this trade. Now.

The Red Sox are well within their rights to call off the deal. There is precedent for such action. The Brewers once traded center fielder Carlos Gomez to the Mets for pitcher Zack Wheeler and infielder Wilmer Flores. Concerned about the state of Gomez’s hip, and maybe even moved by the tears Flores shed over hearing he was being dealt out of New York, the Mets called off the deal.

Bring back Mookie. Pay the luxury tax. See if there is a market for Price, and if nothing can be worked out there, give him the ball every fifth day until he breaks down.

Lucky breaks like this don’t come along every day. It’s on the Red Sox to take advantage of this one, which would amount to a powerful mea culpa. Let the Dodgers exploit some other team.

Call off the deal, Chaim, frame Graterol’s X-ray, mount it on your wall, and wink at it every morning when you report to work.