2:19pm: Cotillo reports that Boston’s offer to Bregman was for five years and $165MM with significant deferrals.
2:09pm: Alex Bregman is headed to Chicago after landing with the Cubs on a five-year, $175MM contract that was first reported last night. That’s a crushing blow for the Red Sox, who were long reported to be prioritizing a reunion with Bregman after he opted out of the final two years and $80MM on his contract with the club back in November. In the aftermath of Bregman’s departure, reports out of Boston are shedding some light on the efforts the Red Sox made to retain their All-Star, and where that offer ultimately fell short.
According to a report from The Boston Globe’s Peter Abraham last night, the Red Sox “did not come close financially and were not willing to give Bregman a full no-trade clause, which the Cubs did.” Today, reporting from Chris Cotillo and Sean McAdam of MassLive confirmed that the Red Sox were unwilling to offer Bregman a no-trade clause and added that the team cited “organizational policy” regarding no-trade protection in doing so. That, McAdam writes, “proved to be a sticking point” for Bregman, who has young children and values stability for them as he heads into his third consecutive year in a new city.
As for the financials, McAdam writes that the five-year offer from Boston was “reasonably competitive,” but added that it fell short of Chicago’s offer financially. Like the Cubs’ offer, which includes $70MM in deferred money, the Red Sox offer also included significant deferrals. Those deferred payments were scheduled out differently, however, as McAdam notes that the Red Sox proposed a payment plan “stretching out decades.” The exact payment details of Chicago’s offer aren’t yet known, McAdam notes that the decades-long payment structure Boston offered widened the gap between the two offers and reduced the value of the Red Sox’ offer further than the already-lower sticker price, relative to the Cubs’ offer.
Exactly how the two offers stack up will be easier to judge once more details come out about Bregman’s contract details in Chicago, but in any case it seems the offer that the Red Sox reportedly considered “aggressive” came up well short of what Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer and his front office managed to put together. As a result, the Red Sox will have to turn elsewhere in their search for another middle-of-the-order bat for their infield. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale was among the reports to suggest in the aftermath of Bregman’s signing that the other top infielder on the market, shortstop Bo Bichette, could be the player they pivot to. Bichette figures to sign for even more than Bregman, did, however; MLBTR predicted an eight-year, $208MM contract for the infielder at the outset of the offseason.
Some of that, of course, has to do with the contract length. Perhaps an eight-year deal for Bichette, which would run through his age-35 season, would be just as or even more appealing to the Red Sox than signing Bregman through his age-36 season on a five year deal. On the other hand, it’s worth noting that this Red Sox front office has not yet given out a contract longer than three years via free agency. If the team has an aversion to long-term deals more generally, it would be difficult for the Red Sox to outbid rival suitors for Bichette like the Phillies and Yankees that have no qualms about signing free agents to lengthy contracts.
If the Red Sox aren’t willing to splurge on Bichette, the pickings for replacement Bregman become a lot slimmer. Eugenio Suarez offers big power and could be a fit on a shorter-term deal in free agency, but he struggled in the second half last year, will play this year at 34 years old, and is a lackluster defender at the hot corner. Turning to the trade market, Alex Speier of the Boston Globe reportedly shortly before the new year that the Red Sox had narrowed their focus to five infield options: Bregman, Bichette, Ketel Marte, Isaac Paredes, and Brendan Donovan. With Bregman now in Chicago and Marte having been officially taken off the market by Arizona, that leaves Paredes and Donovan as the two primary alternatives to Bichette in that report.
Of the two, Paredes seems to be the better fit. Both are controlled for two seasons after this one, but Paredes is a right-handed hitter who seems likely to cost less in trade than Donovan. While Paredes has been pushed out of the Astros’ nominal starting lineup by the addition of Carlos Correa over the summer, Donovan’s market is known to have many suitors including the Giants, Mariners, and Royals. What’s more, Paredes is a right-handed hitter who primarily plays third base, making him a much cleaner replacement for Bregman than Donovan, a lefty hitter who has played all over the field but primarily plays second base. Paredes is also a marginally better hitter over the last four seasons (124 wRC+ vs 119) coming off a stronger platform season (128 wRC+ vs 119). Paredes (hamstring injury) and Donovan (sports hernia surgery) both ended their seasons with injury complications but are expected to be full-go for Spring Training next month.
Of course, it’s possible the club could look at other options now that their preferred targets have begun to dwindle. The Cubs, themselves, now have a surplus of infield talent after bringing in Bregman displaced Matt Shaw at third base. Adding another unproven youngster to a very young Red Sox roster likely wouldn’t be especially appealing, but Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner has garnered trade interest this winter and could be more available now that Bregman has freed up Shaw to take over the keystone following a hypothetical Hoerner trade. An elite defender at second base who has also posted strong grades at shortstop in the past, Hoerner is a well-regarded clubhouse presence who could help fill the leadership void created by the loss of Bregman.
With that said, his 109 wRC+ last year was a career-high, and his lack of power is unlikely to be especially attractive to a team like the Red Sox that finished middle-of-the-pack in homers last year and expressed an interest in bringing in a big-time slugger like Kyle Schwarber or Pete Alonso earlier this winter in hopes of improving that area of the offense. It’s also an open question as to whether the Cubs would even be especially inclined to deal Hoerner, as an infield of Bregman, Hoerner, Dansby Swanson and Michael Busch would be among the strongest in baseball headed into 2026. What’s more, Hoerner is slated to hit free agency following the 2026 campaign and the Red Sox may prefer to add a player under longer-term control for fear of finding themselves in this same predicament again next year.
Hey Red Sox you like dealing with the Cardinals. Interested in Arenado now? lol
Nope.
He would probably come very cheap. I bet the cards eat 20 to 25 of his left over 42(5 mil from Rockies too)that would leave him 12 mil over 2. 6 a year for arenado could end up being a steal. Would probably only cost a 25 to 30 ranked organizational prospect
Or hear me out. They throw in jojo remero with arenado and 25 mil and one of the cards lower ranked prospects for casas?
Regardless of the parameters, I can see the Sox getting Arenado as cost efficiency remains important to Henry in recent years. I don’t know Romero so I can’t comment but instead of cash back, why not Yoshida instead of Casas. One for one. Then Bloom who signed Yoshida can work out another deal involving Yoshida and Donovan.
“Details Of Red Sox’ Pursuit Of Alex Bregman”
Does NOT matter!
No one wants Yoshida.
Even Bloom has to know that was a mistake.
If I still see Yoshida’s ability to hit, so must the guy instrumental in signing him. He looked very good in September and if healthy, the problem is his contract hasn’t lived up to his production especially given his lack of speed. While Arenado has some value with his present age (because of his glove), he too doesn’t is lacking when comparing his contract to what you are getting. Even if not flipped immediately, if healthy hits as I believe he can, he can be dealt at the deadline especially if the Cards eat a lot of money.
Come on man…Yoshida’s ability to hit”…really…the Sox have been trying to dump him and the dumb contract they gave him for at least the last season but nobody wants him….just because he actually hit a bit in Sept doesn’t change anything and he;’s a defensive liability anywhere you play him….don’t get carried away by a guy having one or even two average playoff series….
Buck – Actually it does kinda matter. There’s some really solid proof of why the Red Sox have not “aligned” with an enormous number of free agents they supposedly pursued.
Two really big things worth noting:
1) Over the past couple months, every time someone here predicted Bregman would sign with the Sox, I made it a point to say “Then Bregman better not demand a NTC because the Red Sox like to trade their longterm players after a short period of time”. We saw it with Sale, we saw it with Devers, and we will probably see it with several other current Sox players.
As much as Bregman is a greedy mercenary, he’s got a point about not wanting to uproot family. I bet a lot of free agents rejected the Red Sox because of the NTC issue.
2) Deferring an already-lower offer over DECADES??? It’s not 2001 or even 2014 anymore, you won’t see guys like Pedroia and Manny willing to collect checks when they are wearing Depends. Just proposing such a thing in this day and age is an embarrassment.
Those are two HUGE examples of why the Red Sox are looked at as a clown organization, at least as far as free agent negotiations.
No Casas . Not even for free
Ricky, we just disagree here. Go back to my earlier posts as I’ve been a supporter for a while. I believe the problem is everyone believes he could eventually get waived so no trade materialized. Healthy and he’s shown he’s a quality MLB bat but just not up to early expectations. If he was right handed Boston would keep him. It’s not like the proposal was one-sided. Sox would likely be happy getting a righty bat goidcglive for third and Cards get a quality lefty bat. If the money doesn’t match up exactly, even it out. Can either team get a better offer? If not, make the deal.
Fever, the long deferment was done knowing the deal would not be accepted. Typical Henry bull crap. It was the same with Soto last year and the likely reason why they didn’t match the O’s offer on Alonso assuming they were given a chance. If he could have chosen between the clubs, I believe Alonso woukd have chosen Boston.
Lol
Sale 7 years – he said he would have traded him too. Devers 8 years? Big baby. Seriously?
Gag me
@big
I would think the Cards would want more than a 25 to 30 guy unless it’s a guy who they feel is just undervalued but my pop up in top 100 list in w years or so. Why eat that much cash for so little of a reward?
I actually think the Cardinals would go for that. Not because Arenado doesn’t have some value, but because Stl wants to use his roster spot for players who may eventually be part of the next successful team.
That said, if I were Boston, I’d go for either Suarez or Paredes.
Exactly Knicks Fan. We will take David Sandlin #10 P
Paredes yes but after Devers, the move for Suarez is to DH assuming they clear roster space.
Arenado can’t hit… Fast forward from his days in Colorado to the last two seasons. Do you think he is going to rebound?
Possibly yes coming to a new situation, playing at Fenway for a contender. All trades have risks but depending on the cost, this could also have rewards. You don’t need the old Arenado just one who plays the position like he has been and hopefully a bit of key offense. Remember, you’re not paying for the MVP. Fever mentioned yesterday about Lowell. While that is not a fair comparison, how many expected much if anything from him when Beckett was acquired?
Do you expect Arrenado to waive his no trade to be a short side platoon in Boston??!!
Style, heels have last season and unless they get a second baseman or he falters in April and May, who says platoon?
What is the obsession with Arenado? The guy is shot.
Psst its was a joke
As long as StL is desperately trying to find someone, anyone, who is foolish enough to give arenado a 26 man spot, the suggestions will keep on coming
Why not? Just curious on your thoughts. If you could get him for cheap, could you not reinvest the money towards a different bat? I haven’t fully thought it all the way through but Eugenio Suarez and Arenado would come out to be similar in dollars at a shorter length and would provide some pop. I’m not a fan of either team. Just wondering your thoughts.
Deferred money, Rockies money and StLoo money
He might subtract from the RS CBT#. Lol
You take Hicks then maybe
I think that it is more likely than them signing Bo. Red Soxes ownership should rethink their stance on not giving players no trade clauses. Top free agents will insist on that given the Red Soxes history of trading star players.
Doesn’t assembling all the players from one of the worst teams in baseball make you worse? If they were so good, why didn’t they win more games?
From a free agency standpoint, the Red Sox put all their eggs in one basket. They’ve accomplished nothing this off season.
But they tried, they really really tried there are all the other teams outsmarted them.
Yeah,Bergman had make sure he was getting paid while he starts his decline.Glad it is the Cubs,not the Red Sox. I do wonder if Suarez is a better Devers?
Bregman may “value security” for his family, but like almost every other player he values money more. I say this every time that people think a player is going to give his old team a hometown discount. They rarely do.
Why in the world would Bregman give Boston a hometown discount? Or any discount? He played there 1 year. Cubs is a better situation, Chicago is a better city.
Yankees are on a similar trajectory
The difference is the Yanks have Cole returning!
Can’t beat the Mets strange off season. Might be fighting for 3rd place if prospects don’t work out
Sfes- get ready for a lot more of this. Red Sox fans here have been watching a heavily analytics driven rebuild for six years now. A lot of it makes no sense
@sfes: I would call the Yankees offseason stranger. They’ve done practically nothing and might even lose Bellinger (though I think he’ll re-sign). They’ll get Cole back and maybe Schmidt late in the season, but their offseason has been very quiet.
Almost every team is heavily into analytics. In fact the one team that has often been cited as being the least analytically-inclined is Colorado. And they’re the worst franchise in baseball.
It’s amazing how predictable the Sox have become, allowing sports writers to write the same article over and over about the Sox’ failed negotiations with a prominent FA they supposedly wanted, only to end up being the runner up….every…time. MLB Trade Rumors needs to just keep this article on file for the inevitable Bichette failure that’s coming. All they’ll need to do is change the name and contract figures.
@rct yeah definitely especially with how TOR went to the WS and got even better. If we don’t make any more substantial moves though it looks like it could be another reset year. Counting on prospects can be scary, but if the OF ends up being Soto, Taylor, Benge, and Ewing I worry a bit. With the pitching, we’re counting on a healthy Manaea, Maclean to continue where he left off and Holmes and Peterson to be able to pitch later in the season without being sapped. I’m worried Senga is damaged goods too
Did the Red Sox sign him? No! So who the hell cares if they talked to his representative. The same could be said about half the teams in the league that checked in on him.
But he didn’t play for half the teams last season.
We gotta have some articles to generate comments though.
Yes, as bad as the Yankee offseason has been and as disheartening their future prospects look they still have a huge fanbase and lots of future capital at their disposal. Disposal being the key word.
Off season ain’t over. Doesn’t sound like Bregman was even their top priority. They can use Mayer at 3B. Or sign Suarez late for a bargain one year deal. I think their priority is another TOR pitcher, either Valdez or a trade for Gore or Peralta, the latter of whom they’d extend.
That’s assuming they don’t just go with Bichette.
Who sees Boston trading for AND extending Peralta who will be looking for a bigger deal than Crochet?
Most of us are taking this loss as a win.
I suspect had your team matched it, you’d be screeching, “Winnah! Wicked bettah than Nomah!”
Bron, actually no. Many of us have already stated our opinions over and over again. This is clearly an overpay by the Cubs. I’d like to know the present value of bosyon’s alleged offer. I’m guessing $130m or so.
No sorry, but too much money. His injury history and age don’t track with that much money and number of years. He seems like a good guy and good clubhouse guy though, so good for him.
I know you said from a free agency standpoint but trades matter as much in roster construction. If they can swap in a righty bat for Yoshida, Casas and/or Duran, the lineup becomes good. Adding two bats and it becomes very good. I now want Suarez but as the DH. If they were able to invest in Bichette (not likely in my view), the lineup would be set with Mayer at third, Bichette at second. Without Bichette, there remains a hole.
Dewey – what the sox *really* need is a SS and to move Story back to 2B to hide his weak arm and range issues.
Just getting another terrible defender with a bat and sticking him at 2B doesnt fix the massive defensive problem in Boston.
Had boston had a talented SS, your Bichette argument makes more sense. But they dont, they’ve got Story.
You have a hole at 3B youre hoping to plug with a kid that had season ending injuries for 4 consecutive seasons. You’ve got a negative defender at SS, who exposes the flaws in the 3B and 2B on either side of him, and makes nearly as many errors as HRs, and thats just what he’s charged with, not ones he got away with.
Bo or no Bo, theres a gaping hole on the left side of the infield with no solution. That should be addressed first.
We have a very talented SS in Mayer
Tardaddy – you cant put Mayer at both 3B and SS, not how it works.
And, Mayer has never made it through a professional season of baseball without a season ending injury. He’s 0-4 between the minors and last season.
Thats not inspiring
GA, I agree fully with you but I’m thinking Story is a given AND they will not move him off short. I’ve been posting for years that he was great when he played second. Who do you have in mind? If they had signed Bregman for a reasonable amount, I would have tried Mayer at short in spring training and been happy if they revamped the roster to have Suarez as their DH.
“They’ve accomplished nothing this off season.”
Were you in a coma when they traded for Gray and Contreras?
Jarred- Gray was a fantastic move. Contreras doesnt come close to being a good addition without a matching offensive piece, either at 2B or 3B. His stats were similar to Bregman’s with about 60 more AB’s
Exactly – nothing. Their roster right now is not as good as last year’s. Gray replaces Giolito, who actually pitched well and there’s no guarantee that Gray, at age 36, who was awful the last time he pitched in the AL East, could even match, never mind exceed that.
Then you have Contreras who hit a meager 20 HRs last year and has never hit more than 24. During the first half of last season we had BOTH Devers and Bregman in the lineup. Now they’re both gone and all we have is Contreras. This franchise is in a coma.
*world’s smallest violin plays*
Purse- any player could fail, whether its a FA or trade. Free agents costs dollars, if they fail, it only costs money. If you naje a trade and give up significant prospects, not only does the player you obtained need to succeed. But you need the players you gave away to not succeed. Tricky situation
I wouldn’t say they accomplished nothing this offseason. From a free agency perspective alone, yes. But via trades they did increase the rotation depth by adding Gray and Oviedo and added a righty 1B in Contreras who should hit well at Fenway.
Unfortunately for the Red Sox though that’s inadequate to compete in a division that saw the already-awesome Bluejays get better by adding Cease and Okamoto, and the Orioles add not one but two 35+ homer bats to their lineup in Alonso and Ward (plus a quality closer), and Yankees will probably bring Bellinger back (or add Tucker if Bluejays don’t). Heck, just to keep treading water now that Bregman’s gone, the Red Sox absolutely have to add Bichette and would need to overpay to do so because they have no leverage this late in the offseason. If they get outbid by the Phillies on him they are in deep doodoo
It’s crazy. Everyone complains about overpays but what do they expect when there is about six impact players on the market. So a team either overpays and competes or doesn’t overpay and doesn’t compete. I know which choice I’m glad my Jays made. Not my money.
Mule, that’s why Charlie Finley said to let them all be free agents every year. The lack of supply drives the demand so high for the few top free agents that some are bound to be overpaid.
@Hammerin Id say the current trend of extending young players earlier is what we are seeing. It definitely is starting to thin out free agent classes.
Im interested to see how it looks around 2030. The impact from early extensions will be even more profound, there will b a new CBA, and teams will be more adapted to these things free agent classes.
Those two sentences don’t go together. They haven’t done much in FA but the Gray and Contreras trades help a lot.
Breslow is a fool.
How could you let Bregman slip out of our hands.
You traded Devers and we have nothing to show for it. Missed out on
Pete Alonso, a guy who play 150+ games a year, and mashes.
I don’t think I’ll be traveling to Fenway to see a 4th place team
If the Cubs extend Nico Hoerner, I will increase Hoyer’s grade in my book from C- to B+.
Obviously the plan is to let him go and use Shaw at 2B. Middle infielders who generate a lot of their value defensively don’t age well.
That’s not obvious at all. He was virtually the mvp of that team last season. They extended him once. They may do it again. He loves Chicago and they love him.
Belanger and Concepcion’s last good seasons were age 34, Millan wss done playing at age 33, and Harrelson’s last good season was age 32.
Nico is 28 and players are better conditioned now. Giving him a four year extension to age 33, or even a five year extension to age 34 would make him two years younger than Miguel Rojas, 36, Altuve is 35, Judge is 33, Lindor, Schwarbs, Trea and Betts are 32, Ketel Marte, Dansby and Bregman are 31, Certainly makes more sense to extend Nico than to sign Bregman. Keeping both is A-ok with me!
Keep both should be possible without breaking the luxury tax threshold by much if at all.
According to MLB insider Ken Rosenthal, $70 million of the Bregman $175 million is in deferred payments, making the deal closer to a per-season hit of $30-$31 million. Exact deferral details have yet to be revealed, though.
I really like his bat—dude hit .300 almost the entire season & when the Cubs needed a key hit to drive in a run, it seemed like he always came through.
Would hate to see him go.
Can I subscribe to a newsletter containing these grades? Snail mail only please.
Get rid of the owner John Henry!
Speaks to just how much of an overpay this was for the Cubs
The red sox offered 10 mil less lmao
Deferred decades. Look up what “present value of a contract” means. There was much more than a $10M diff.
Cope, the cubs deferred as well. Respect for standing on your dumb comment tho
As a Reds fan, I’m thrilled the Cubs over paid by a huge margin for an aging 3 time all-star. Not a lot to cope about.
As a Reds fan aren’t you tired of seeing other teams in the Division do more?
Brother, we are in the NL Central – the Reds have done way more than the Cardinals and Brewers this offseason, and have done more than the Pirates since the beginning of time. Maybe if we were in the NL West I’d be more upset.
Every Reds signing this season is an “overpay” because it won’t make a difference.
Not as an overpay Ticker would have costed.
Exactly.
Big get for the Cubs for the next couple seasons, but will be a heavy weight as he gets older. No way he is worth that much the last three years when his bat slows and injuries mount. Nice to see the Red Sox lose a bidding war. They usually win those.
Since when???
The Red Sox is not going to sign a top notch FA! We are going to stink this year! Fire Breslow and please John Henry sell the team
No problem – now just ask your bank for the money to do it. You do realise that every Baseball team is business ? That means neither money grows on trees and employees (baseball players) are paid to their value.Why luxury tax exists.and revenue sharing so it’s a competitive sport which creates enjoyment and excitement- rather than one team winning 10 WS in a row .
This is less about Breslow and more about ownership. I believe Henry will be one of the stakeholders for a cap and you can’t spend big and also say MLB needs a cap. They probably went into this off-season knowing full well they weren’t going to spend.
Thec’s – Brealow has been pretty much outclassed by his peers, and Boras used him like a cheap date. Moreover, roster construction and having a plan to maximize the Crochet/Anthony years seems to be missing.
This year, $31m for Contreras and Gray, with massive holes still to be filled.
These trades, and no FA signings, isn’t smart, or cute, or funny, or whatever the heck its supposed to be.
Starting the off season with a stacked farm system, and almost $60m to spend i wouldnt believe you if in October you told me on Jan 11th this is where we’d be.
Classic tightwad Red Sox. Nothing of any surprise in any of these reports.
Red Sox front office is tone deaf.
No trade clauses shouldn’t that big a deal breaker for an organization. Most often they get waived anyway.
This is true, and I also don’t expect Bregman’s contract to be very tradable either by the time you might want to, anyway. So to me the NTC seems almost superfluous here.
They had to do it to get him, and there’s always a chance that the team fizzles while Bregman is still good. If that happened, now they have to ask him where he wants to go instead of just trading him to whoever offers the best return.
“No trade clauses shouldn’t that big a deal breaker for an organization. Most often they get waived anyway.”
Tell that to the Cardinals, who couldn’t move Arenado last year because of his NTC.
Red Sox have good pitching, they’ll still compete for a wild card spot.
Bregman should have just set Bo’s market, 35 for 8 or 9 years. 9 seasons puts him right at the same age Bregman will be when his contract ends
Well I was partly right… Bregman signed over this weekend just with a team approximately 1000 miles to the west….
You said the same this yesterday
It bared repeating obviously…
Good for him, I guess, but the fact is this- if Bregman wanted to stay in Boston, he would’ve honored his contract. The fact that he’s elsewhere should come as no surprise to anyone.
While I agree with the premise about what he wanted, he did honor the contract even by opting out. You don’t really sign a contract with so many opt outs intending to opt in year after year.
It’s really sad if it mostly came down to not give no trade clause. He wanted to finish his career somewhere and if that was the big difference I’m really pissed with Breslow. I’m sure Bregman wanted that protection after he saw what happened to Devers in Beantown. It’s just sad, I think Bregman was overpaid but that’s the nature of free agency and Bregman fit so well and dropped right into that two slot behind Anthony. Just sad today and I’m confident the Red Sox are not going to sign Bichette.
“It’s really sad…”
“It’s just sad, I think Bregman was overpaid”
“Just sad today ”
Please clarify. Are you sad?
Those things statements aren’t mutually exclusive but based on your comment I doubt you know what mutually exclusive is. Yea I’m in fighting mood today.
Well you certainly put me in my place. Now I am sad.
Bring something to the conversation at least when I used to argue with KD17 he brought something to the conversation. You just brought snark.
Much more fun to wade through your excellent prose and wait for your next lightweight insult.
Fact is if he wanted stability he would have honoured the 3 year deal at 40 million. Nope, he preferred to play the field – so not a team player just another individual who cares for $$ rather than loyalty. But that’s a summary of a lot of modern athletes unlike Tek or Dustin …
@Frenchredsox
Actually, he did want stability, he asked the Sox more than once during the season to extend him, they continuously denied him even a meeting about an extension.
The powers that be were content to play the season out and then talk numbers expecting him to honor his 3 year deal, but if you give someone an opt out, this is what’s most likely going to happen.
They had a chance, but refused to talk, so though he left, he did seemingly want to stay, if the no trade clause was the dealbreaker, that’s sad.
If the Sox replace him with Bichette or Marte, cool, but any other bat is a massive downgrade imo.
French – stability is about more than playing 2 seasons then having uncertainty at an advanced age of where you go next.
Certainty is doing what Bregman did – ask in season for an extension so he knows where he will be after 2027. Then, if you cant get that, find a team.willing to guarantee where you and your family will be until late, if not the end, of your expected career.
Did Bregman really ask to sit down for extension talks during the season? I don’t recall hearing that, but may have missed it.
French,
Loyalty to who? When he was negotiating with the Red Sox they wouldn’t give him a no trade clause. If they traded him in a few years would that mean the Red Sox cared about $$ rather than loyalty?
The logic has to apply both ways.
How will the Red Sox react? Will they now overpay for Bichette?
With another trade probably since no free agents seem to want to deal with Henry.
Cubs only had to offer a nickel more.
If the Cubs don’t want Shaw anymore, we’ll gladly take him!
Reporters probably don’t know deferral structure on deals but I hate how its always reported “significant deferrals”. All that matters is the AAV after deferrals because that is what it costs the team and what will be on the CBT calculation. What was the actual offer in CBT AAV? that would be more helpful.
The word is $70 mill or 40% of the contract value is deferred.
Dig – AAV/NPV has yet to be determined, last I heard. It’s not an instant thing.
Bregman should have just set Bo’s market, 35 per at 8 or 9 years. 9 seasons puts him right at Bregmans age when his contract is done
Bo’s value is significantly higher due to age (he is in his prime) and his defensive spectrum.Also it would weaken a direct competitor. Bergman to the Cubs means the Sox would only face him in the WS not multiple times a year .
Which is why i said 8 or 9 years. Bo isn’t getting much more than 35 per if at all
Don’t care about the deferred money. Just give the current AAV. None of my concern how much he invests.
Yeah, but it affects how much the team has to spend each year of the contract. Some fans care about those things.
They still have to fund the escrow account though so they still spend money they aren’t saving it
Yes, but some teams (and their fans) only care about the money they have to spend this year, or next year, etc.
Deferring money on the final years of a contract for an aging player makes sense. It lessens the hit in those final years of the contract.
I understand the team still has to pay it, they’re just spreading it out over future years.
No the team still funds the investment account right away. All interest generated is from the escrow account. If the extra money didn’t come from the teams pocket why should it be counted as if it did?
That would be just like the Cubs. Take on too much salary than Ricketts likes so he tells Hoyer he can only sign Bregman if he frees up some money. So Hoyer turns around and moves Nico in a salary dump reminiscent of what they did last year, when they gave away Bellinger after trading for Tucker.
wait… teams other than the Dodgers were allowed to offer deferrals too? facebook comments had me believing otherwise.
The Dodgers have already filed a complaint with the league office about this abhorrent violation.
Klink…
So you didn’t notice other teams were deferring contracts Sgt. Schultz?
“I see nothing!”
Couldn’t resist.
Broc- yes, but dont be a bad organization and tell the player “youll get your last check around 2046”
So in essence Bregman knew he got overpaid, that’s rich.
The Red Sox, in spite of themselves, got lucky. Bregman has been going the wrong way for a few years.
Hahahahahahahaha!!
This will be a good thing for the sox ultimately.
Louie-Riiiight. you were most likely doing cart wheels last year when YOUR Red Sox signed him last year.
Sure 3yr age 31-33 …this cub deal, the sox offer…both Boras stupid. Move on
The peripherals of the deal are what killed it. That NTC might sting in about 3-4 years.
Idk, if 5/165 is actually true, I’m encouraged they went that high. Sounds like there might’ve been some heavy deferral action in there, but they’re at least trying to find ways to make things happen. I hate how that looks like I’m defending the FO. Maybe the 5/165 is wrong (exaggerated), but Cottillo is usually on it.
What now? Bichette checks all the boxes, but he’s swimming in deeper waters w NYY and PHI. Sox won’t even consider a number for Bichette. It’s looking like they’ll have to go to the well again and send out more prospects for a Donovan/Hoerner…Arenado!
My gut tells me Sox will pivot to Suarez. He’s a downgrade overall from Bregman but he’s torn the cover off the ball on a small career sample of 40+ at-bats at Fenway, is considered a good clubhouse guy, although aging he never gets injured, and can probably be had on a 2-year deal, less AAV and super less overall $$ commitment than Bichette.
But honestly anything less than Bichette feels like an abject failure at this point. And it will take a monster deal to land him, for sure
This is where you double down, and, dont overreact with a crippling move.
Thats how you wound up.with the devers problem.
Bregman didnt work. Did the team screw it up by not engaging in-season? ABSOLUTELY.
But you dont make a big mistake that has future crippling effects like the kind of contract BO will want.
You want bichette? No more than 3 years.
Why no more than 3 years? Bichette is 28 with great contact skills, is a solid athlete who will probably age well. Throwout the one crap season where he played injured (2024) and you’re looking at player who will likely peak over the next 2 years, then start a gradual decline, but with his bat-to-ball skills and body type it will likely be a gradual decline. For Bichette I’d go 6 years, no problem (but it will probably take 8 years to get him). Also will be cheaper AAV than what Breggy got
No more than 3 because it let’s Bo hit free agency at 31, plenty of time for a final contract.
Bo is really a DH-only type when it comes to his defense. He stinks worse than a taco bell grease trap. He can hit, but thats it to coin some Boras-esqe alliteration.
Simply put, he’s like a yoshida 2.0… sure, maybe a bit more power, but, when healthy yoshida can hit, he’s just such a liability everywhere else what do you do with him?
Whoever is foolish enough to sign Bo for an 8 year deal is going to regret it.
Two years of Paredes is a better fit than any of them, in my mind – RH power hitter along with good 3B defense, 27 y.o. I’m guessing that Houston’s stated reticence to trade him is a ploy since they don’t have an everyday spot for him.
Hey I heard the Pittsburgh Pirates were also interested in signing Alex Bregman!
How different the Red Sox situation would be currently if they had actually used adult communication skills with Devers.
Yes I know he’s a man child. But the way they went about the situation was terrible.
I think they’d still be on the hunt for a third baseman because Devers cannot field. At all. That said, maybe keeping him would have convinced them to finally dump Yoshida for whatever they can get and then use the roster spot to find an adequate 3B who at least can, you know, catch the ball.
Agreed.
They would have his bat this season. Which is really all he brings to the table. But they need some bats.
Defence? No
Clubhouse? No
Intangibles? No
Bat? Yes
The clubhouse/intangibles stuff wouldn’t be so bad if the Red Sox didn’t jerk him around for 3 months last year before dumping him on SF. That one’s mostly on management. He seems to get along fine with the Giants.
Another- since when do all baseball players need to be clubhouse leaders, spokesmen, best buddy, top class offense, GG defense, etc, etc
There are players this year that are gonna make more than Devers $28m and dont do those things either, oh and by the way, dont hit as well either. Stop crapping on a guy who doesnt even play here anymore.
Sad.
Every player doesn’t need to be a leader, great clubhouse guy, best buddy, or a spokesman.
You can be just a guy in any and all of those areas. What no one wants is a petulant immature teammate. You can be a great guy and still be a frustrating person to deal with for the length of a baseball season.
You know that person at work you think is a decent person, but has traits that leads you to minimize your interactions?
Spend eight months with them in high pressure high stakes situations where everyone there has a relatively short time to earn big contract, beat competitors, and can affect your future because they pout at the wrong time.
Attitude matters. He’s a man child. He was reasonably upset with the situation. But he didn’t do himself any favors in how he handled his part.
Another DF- I agree with most of your assessment. Sometimes in that situation a Boss interjects themselves into the middle of that and it raises the stress level for everyone.
Can’t replay the whole situation, but, if youre Breslow and youre gonna ride the guy out of town, you better have a damn good plan going forward….this ain’t it
Another Dodgers Fan — They’d have no reason to trade him…The whole thing, signing Bregman and miscommunication, was to cross Devers’ line (rage bait him essentially) to get a rise out of him so they could tar and feather him to the fan base. It was to change hearts and minds about their favorite player. Without all this noise, they’d have no excuse to dump their best player for nothing. A worse deal than Betts to LA, if they don’t have this excuse.
“…the Red Sox “did not come close financially and were not willing to give Bregman a full no-trade clause…””
$10M over 5 years is only $2m per. IMO $2M a year is not a great gap especially if a team really wants to sign someone. The NTC might have been the bigger factor for the Sox for not matching the Cubs offer. Of course, there’s probably other factors we don’t know about.
Especially if at the margin the $2 mill/yr is deferred. Pretty much rounding error.
I think the no trade clause is big. When you’re used to winning you don’t want to get shipped to a rebuilding team in your last years.
I think if he were to get traded it’ll because the Cubs are trying to ship him to a contender if they have to start a rebuild during his contract. He just doesn’t want to move unless he has a say in where he wants to go.
Word is, the cubs deferred the money our in terms of years, while the redsox deferred it in terms of decades – plural.
Net present value of say, 60m deferred 8 years is much different than 20 years.
Yikes.
We’d like to present your grandchildren a check for $4.51 when they turn 21.
“But my kids aren’t even one yet.”
Exactly.
How about money deferred “for decades”?
The fish that got away
Boras is gloating. Client got his 200 million and more.
Charles – couldn’t agree more. Boras used and abused Breslow, and out played David Stearns and probably Cashman too.
Boras got $40m from the Red Sox and Mets to park players while getting the same or more money than they were previously offered.
Out bid by $10 million probably did the Sox a favor. Sometimes the best moves you make are the one’s you don’t.
I do not expect them to sign Bichette. Trading for Paredes is fine as long as it doesn’t cost Early or Tolle. Suarez on a two-year $60-70 million dollar deal might not be terrible. I mostly expect Campbell at 2B and Mayer at 3B on opening day
Rsox- i wouldnt mind Suarez here for two years, and dont think it a contract more than $55m.
Here’s the real problem with Suarez on a two year deal, Breslow has to rebuild the team again. Contreras gone, Suarez gone, Gray gone, Story gone. I dont trust him to replace 25% of the starting 14
Not necessarily. Hopefully by then all of Casas, Campbell, Mayer, Early, Tolle, and Uberstine are established major leaguers by then and Franklin Arias should be ready as well. Breslow may not need to do any more than he’s had to this offseason
Interesting how Bregman’s negotiations played out. He didn’t get exactly what his ask was….the market showed what it would bear, and it’s quite a bit, but not everything. Let’s see how that market deals with Bichette and Bellinger. So far, it’s been fairly stable–no huge bargains (except maybe the Japanese players) and no “how did he get that much?)
Don’t know the details of the proposed deferrals, but it sounds like the Sox DID come reasonably close to the Cubs offer. I can understand them not wanting to splurge on an aging guy who was hurt for much of 2025.
Bregman the penny pincher
IMO he sacrificed the HOF and rings for 10mill more & a no trade clause, by leaving Fenway. His call, the fact that 2 teams went 5 yrs and over 30aav is astonishing to me for a 32-37 age guy who’s hammy tanked for 2 months at age 31. Dodging Boras BS Bullets is a blessing in disguise. Bichette 7/210 – 8/240 Max. Opt out after yr 3 or 4. Save the cash for SKUBAL
While I like your thinking, I’m not optimistic for either move
Skip bichette. Back up the truck for Skubal.
If you have an organizational policy regarding no trade clauses, you’re gonna miss out on a lot of free agents.
Quit buying tickets and watching!
Red Sox should call the Astros and try and trade for Paredes. His swing is perfect for Fenway
I’ve been typing Paredes’s name into one comment or another for days, so I rec’d your comment. I think he could be had for Kyle Harrison and one or two lower level prospects. Since Harrison came in the Devers deal, there would be a certain poetic feel to converting his trade value into a 3B.
He wants stability for his kids so he’s moving away from the state that is number one in education. Um, ok.
Honestly, it’s all about squeezing a few more bucks from an organization.
Just be honest about it. Yeesh.
He might be able to squeeze in private school tuition…
I’ve been in both public and private, there’s good and bad.
So you’re saying there was no guarantee his children would have received a stable, top notch education in MA? Your tying stability into MA’s education rank has got us right here…
You’re misunderstanding my whole point. It’s about the money. That’s all. Don’t bring your kids into it. It’s about the money.
whyhayzee: Would you rather take a job w a salary of $96,000.00/yr guaranteed for 5 yrs in a city of your choosing or a job paying $120,000.00/ yr for 5 yrs in a city of your choosing but there’s a 50/50 chance that you’ll be transferred to a different city that you have no choice over? Remember in this scenario you have a wife & 2 young kids. Fyi the salary figures are reflected as $8,000.00/monthly vs 10,000,000.00 for comparison.
Let’s see, my dad lived in Rhode Island, Japan, Massachusetts, Maine. MIT PhD at 24. Moving around isn’t such a bad thing. Me? I stayed put from the age of 6. And look what a mess I am.
Could be he just wanted his kids to learn how an ‘a’ and ‘r’ have different sounds in American English. Well, ‘most’ spoken American English. 😊
Thank god the annual Bregman show is over. To the moon Alice, what a hoot. With Fandual gone, I’m wondering how the ole Tigers will be on T.V. this season ? I suppose no news is good news ? If they are not on cable that means I will finally be able to cancel cable so it’ll be interesting how it all plays out.
I am sad that we have been deprived of a multi-decade “Bregman Day” to replace “Bonilla Day.”
Who signed Ricky Bones?
I honestly don’t think Bregman ever had any intention to play another season in Boston. He needed the Sox only to create a “bidding war” to get as much as possible from the Cubs. Had Boston offered an extension to Bregman before last season was over they’d probably have found out he didn’t want to play in Boston. Bregman is a solid player but 35m per year is an overpay by Chicago.
Yankees need an OF if Bellinger doesn’t come back. Would Boston do Jazz for Duran? I don’t think Jazz stays in New York long term
But there’s so many good jazz clubs in New York …
DJ LeMahieu is available. The Yankees will pay most of his salary this year. He batted (in limited ABs as he was cut) .266; had a 2.5: 1 strikeout to walk ratio; and a plus dWAR. Think he might get a bit geeked at playing against the Yanks? He’s more than enough to hold down the fort until someone from the minors – Mayer – can step up.
My Tigers should sign him so Colt Keith and Spencer Torkelson can get some rest (Keith against lefties).
Bellinger turned down basically the same offer from the Yankees apparently.
Bizarre
The deferred payments need to stop. Its a goddamn joke at this point
Employers should stop 401k matching. It’s a goddamn joke at this point.
As a Sox fan, I am still intrigued with the possibility of Hunter Greene opening the season on our roster. Even before the Bregman signing, I was thinking that adding Ke*Bryan Hayes to Hunter might get the Reds attention. I think that KeBryan’s contract runs from 2026-2029, totaling 30 million + a 6 million dollar buyout on a 12 million dollar club option for 2030. Maybe Hunter +Hayes for Duran/Abeau + Bello/Tolle. Might have to add Casas
Reds aren’t gonna do that. They’re a contender now, albeit barely.
Probably more of a contender than the Red Sox are, at this moment.
((Ducks for cover from Sam Adams bottles thrown from the Green Monster))
There’s an alarming number of Red Sox fans who’d agree with you.
Of course the Red Sox announce that they offered 5 years at $165M AFTER the Cubs signing and terms are announced. I call BS.
If the Sox start the season with Mayer at 3rd and Romy at 2nd…..Breslow needs to go. This franchise is getting ridiculous. ANY goodwill they had is GONE until they show they WANT to win. STOP penny pinching & coupon cutting with these free agents. Its embarrassing and we are easily last in the AL East. Rant over.
I feel like it’s more Henry’s fault than Breslow. He’s doing the best he can with the limited budget he’s getting.
Sox will be fine relax…
Guru – is winning 91 games and coming in 4th place what you consider fine?
Because, its really not fine….as a matter of fact, its crappy
91 wins gets you at least a WC series. Perhaps all three WC teams come from the AL EAST?
I doubt the Sox are gonna fall all the way down to 4th place. I’ll be shocked if they do. This doom and gloom some of y’all have any time anything happens is absolutely tiresome at this point. They’ll likely win 90ish games and while they probably won’t win the division, they’ll definitely make the playoffs again. The Orioles haven’t done enough yet to get better imo as they still need a lot of pitching and the Rays have been selling off their core players over the last couple of years.
First Brasier now Bregman!!! The Cubs like signing all the old Red Sox greats !!! 😉
Well, they gave us Buckner …
Ouch!!! Side note… we gave them Schraldi for Lee Smith I believe and Al Nipper!!!
I doubt Bichette will take anything less than ten years, no way that guy wants to be a free agent at age 35-36. I imagine he’s asking for at least ten years and he’s trying to get a Bogaerts-like contract (12 years).
Would not be surprised seeing him on a pillow contract OR a contract he can opt out from after the first year or two. Maybe someone gets him for a year at 35M-40M.
He is smoking crack however
No one yr deal for Bichette. Nope. Nope Nope. Highest biddger wins.
Other than Boston, Seattle and San Francisco are also looking for 2B. Seattle won’t pay that much. I don’t see either SF or Boston going 10 years. Just not happening.
Family stability > Red Sox policy + money.
Alec Bohm??
Go for Geno. Hell hit 50 bombs in fenway.. his career split in fenway are at the top of the charts
The Redsox GM will be gone next
Traded Devers and we have nothing to show for it.
The Red Sox have changed PBO/whatever every 3-4 years since the early 2010s. Cherington, Dombrowski and Bloom all were cycled out quickly. Two guys with world series victories!
So I don’t think it’ll be long.
Technically we don’t have a GM, Breslow has still yet to hire one and won’t. Hes doing it all himself which will get him fired. It’s only a matter of time
As I stated two days ago the “aggressive” offer was a red flag to signify they blew it! Bichette will now be grossly overpaid, but luckily Phillies or Yankees will be the owners of that white elephant after the Sox make another “aggressive” offer.The cubs got a #2 sp and a rh bat! The Sox be darned!
FYI I wonder if the Dodgers check in. They can sign anyone.
5 years for Bregman is 2 too many at that value. I didn’t mind the AAV for 3 years. I think the pivot should be to Parades so they can move Story to second and put Marcelo where he belongs which is at Short.
Cubs got smoked and I am glad the RedSox lost at 165mill for 5, 175 is insanity for a 32-37 seasons, no trade clause. Hell NO. Sox will be fine…go get Bichette or 1 of the 2 yr guys. SAVE YOUR MONEY & PROSPECTS FOR WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH SKUBAL this year or next.
32, 33, 34, 35, 36
Its crazy. I look at his stats and could never ustify that price. But thats the game today. Bichette goes to the highest bidder. Money Talks.
“Organizational Policy” is an embarrassing excuse when you lose the player you clearly wanted. Just give him the NTC, it’s really not a big deal.
Bregman contract is an albatross already. Old and declining. Whyyyyyyyy?
MONEY TALKS! All the messages I always see speulationg which tam for what I say the same thing. Money Talks. BS Walks. The highest bidder is the winner or sucker. Bregman at this price to me is INSANE! All players. MONEY$$$$. Then they say that they signed because the schools are good.
Was $120m for 3 yrs insane
The Red Sox didn’t need Bregman as their 3rd Baseman. The .462 SLG was not worth the $35 AAV over the 5 years. One of the 3 on the Depth Chart : Eaton, Sogard or Mayer will likely perform well in Spring Training.
The Red Sox didn’t need Bregman as their 3rd Baseman. The .462 SLG was not worth the $35 AAV over the 5 years. One of the 3 on the Depth Chart : Eaton, Sogard or Mayer will likely perform well in Spring Training.
Red Sox are a disaster in the f/o
Relevant detail he went to the cubs rest doesn’t matter
Sox don’t absolutely need an infielder. They have Story signed for two seasons, Mayer under team control for as far as the eye can see and Campbell (remember him?) under contract for seven more years. What they need is a middle of the order power bat. Story led the team with 25 HRs (50th in MLB) last season, Otherwise, only Abreu had more than 20, the same as recently acquired Contreras. The focus on an infielder is because there’s no room in the outfield and Yoshida has a big contract at DH but provides limited power (MLB career SLG .435).. Donovan does not really address the team’s need. A nice player, but he’s not a power bat; his value is his versatility, but that doesn’t do much for the Sox. While Paredes would be a better fit, he’d cost a lot in prospects and the Sox have already traded away a lot of farm value and with all the talk of Paredes’ strict pull power, he’s only hit more than 20 HRs once. Suarez is the better choice. He hit 49 HRs last season. They can play him at 3B and if the defense doesn’t work out (although his defense can’t be as bad as, say, Devers), he can DH with Yoshida giving him a spell against tough righties.
Bregman did his job he forced Devers out
Looked into the Sox signing free agents for more than 3 year deals since 2008 world series, and the list has some spotty success:
John Lackey 2009 (5 years – considered a bad deal until 2013 WS)
Carl Crawford 2010 (7 years – disaster for all involved)
Hanley Ramirez 2014 (4 years – not good)
Pablo Sandoval 2014 (5 years – one of the worst contracts ever)
JD Martinez 2018 (5 years – unmitigated success)
Trevor Story 2022 (6 years – still TBD; if he had opted out it would have been a clear negative)
[leaving out Hicks because that wasn’t a true “free agent signing” but part of the Devers maneuver on lengthy contract extension Sox clearly regretted]
Sox have won two WS during that time frame, but it’s hard to say that offering lengthy free agent contracts have been critical to that success. Given this list, it is understandable why the F.O. is gunshy, yet they still offered Bregman a boatload and five years.
Looks like the Sox refusal to relinquish all flexibility through a full no trade clause was a huge obstacle for Alex, so they weren’t on the same page. Sox will likely continue to try to keep everything short term with anyone other than players in their early 20’s.
There would be no discussion if they had just communicated sanely with Raffy n given the no trade clause n we would be heading to the WS in theory. NOW we have a tremendous mess because of ignorance, laziness n greed.
After bragging they gave an aggressive offer to Bregman I was wondering why hadn’t he signed? Of course I knew that cuz he didn’t sign the Redsox’s version of aggressive was not so at all. So because they mishandled our Raffy n messed up with Bregman the team is significantly worse. All they needed to do is handle Raffy with reason n the not informing him essentially ruined the relationship. Henry wanted the salary dump to line his pockets, n Breslow has no ppl skills, and did not want Bregman or Raffy. Next on the hit list will be Casas since he does not like him, n if you don’t know that now you will soon. I saw it when Breslow was on the MLB show High Heat n was asked if he was going to extend Casas, after a very good 23 season n Breslow newer answered n changed the subject. Just wait! I am fed up n disgusted!
I would be very wary about signing Bo Bichette to the kind of mega deal he will end up getting.
I want to point out a few things then you decide if a 6 to 7 year deal at nearly 30 mil+ is worth that kind of an investment.
Before we begin, I will say that Bo would represent the final solution to our black hole at second base since Pedroia. Frankly, it’s embarrassing it lasted this long. Almost as embarrassing as not having a quality elite lefty in the pen since 2013 before they took a chance on Chapman. I have no doubt that Bichette will be far better than anyone we have thrown out at second base in many years.
Bichette was not a good shortstop. There is nothing that indicates at this point he can ever be an above average shortstop, and you have to at least have apprehensions about whether he will be much better elsewhere. He will have to be signed to play at a new position and there are no guarantees that it will be smooth, although I would assume he would look far better at second than he was at short.
He hits. No doubt. He has good line drive pop and will get a ton of doubles, but this is not a guy you look for power from. Is Fenway a benefit for him? Yes. So much so that he may start reaching 200 hit seasons there. It would not be surprising if he hits 50 doubles a year total, or more, with his stroke and 81 games at Fenway, but don’t count on 20+ HR’s if the monster is turning those line drives shots into doubles.
What if he regresses in the slightest bit from what he is now? Can he make up for it? See below.
What Bo Bichette does not do exceptionally well is get on base if he doesn’t hit. This is not a guy that when he slumps you will still see him getting on base. He hits to get his OBP. That’s it. Very low walks every year. He hacks to get on and when he is on there is no running game to speak of.
What you are dealing with is a very real second base upgrade, but not a true impactful threat of a player. When I think of a mega deal for this kind of player, at this kind of money and years, you would want a Lindor type. A threat. A guy that can really punish you in nearly every way. Can hit, run, play D, and hurt you when you make mistakes to him. That is not Bo Bichette. Betts is exactly who that was. If I wasn’t willing to go all in for a better bat, with higher OBP, with more power, and a gold glove caliber pedigree over a no trade clause then this would be paying more for less imho.
I am not knocking the players worth, just if that worth is substantial enough to really warrant the outlay. I clearly stated he would instantly be our best second baseman since Pedroia. I am simply asking if the team is wise overspending for a less impactful bat and fielder than we lost? Also, if the team would be willing to give him those years and money over valuated, why not have simply signed the FAR more impactful players at roughly the same amount (some less) that this will take to get it done over the last few years?
Losing Bregman and signing Bichette to me has all the markings of the type of panicky reflexive deal you make for Devers after not extending Betts for what he was clearly worth. The fan reaction was exactly what you would have expected.
I don’t have answers really or alternatives to this, because they are either substantially inferior at this point, currently playing for other teams, or play positions we do not need. In the end, even if you signed Bichette, you are still short the power hitter you so clearly needed to get to add some fear factor to the lineup and extend it further.
Cue the Sox fans claiming this is the end.
This is why I’m not a fan. Chill out, guys. The team will be fine.
The Dodgers just DFAd Ryan Fitzgerald!! Redsox need to grab him for 2nd or 3rd base! Seriously🤣
Another disastrous post by Deeds. “Bichette figures to sign for even more than Bregman, did, however” come on, kid. Straight up wrong. Learn how to use commas. And there shouldn’t be any around “themselves.”