{"id":395084,"date":"2026-01-06T10:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/395084\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T10:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:07:08","slug":"mlb-network-reacts-to-new-red-sox-alex-bregman-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/395084\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Network Reacts To New Red Sox-Alex Bregman Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than two months after <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2025\/11\/red-soxs-alex-bregman-reportedly-makes-official-free-agent-decision\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:opting out of his contract;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">opting out of his contract<\/a> with the Boston Red Sox, Alex Bregman still hasn\u2019t signed anywhere. The Red Sox remain the favorites to sign him, but the two sides have yet to make a deal.<\/p>\n<p>Boston appears to be gaining momentum in its negotiations with Bregman, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/01\/buster-olney-reveals-major-update-in-alex-bregman-red-sox-negotiations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:based on a recent repor;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">based on a recent repor<\/a>t from ESPN\u2019s Buster Olney. Last Friday, Olney reported on \u201c1st Up\u201d that the Red Sox have \u201cmade an aggressive offer\u201d to the All-Star third baseman and his agent, Scott Boras.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what that offer was, but several top MLB Network analysts <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLBNetwork\/status\/2008324885966102625\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:reacted to the news;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">reacted to the news<\/a> during Monday\u2019s episode of \u201cHot Stove.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI buy that,\u201d Harold Reynolds said, believing Boston is motivated to bring back Bregman at the hot corner after trading Rafael Devers last season.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Vasgersian agreed, believing the two sides are still a good match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI agree, and I think it\u2019s been Boston or bust the whole time for him,\u201d Vasgersian said. \u201cIt\u2019s too good. He likes them. They like him. Let\u2019s agree on the dollars and cents and wrap it up\u2026It\u2019s the best place for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds added that there\u2019s been some chatter about the Arizona Diamondbacks <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/01\/red-sox-fans-get-concerning-update-in-alex-bregman-sweepstakes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:making a push for Bregman;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">making a push for Bregman<\/a> as well, but he isn\u2019t buying it.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Bregman made a great first impression on the Red Sox last year, making the All-Star team and helping lead them to their first playoff appearance in four years. Both sides appear interested in a reunion, so it won\u2019t be surprising if one happens soon.<\/p>\n<p>More Red Sox:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/01\/red-sox-made-aggressive-offer-to-free-agent-two-time-world-series-champion\/\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Red Sox Made \u2018Aggressive Offer\u2019 To Free Agent Two-Time World Series Champion;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">  Red Sox Made \u2018Aggressive Offer\u2019 To Free Agent Two-Time World Series Champion <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than two months after opting out of his contract with the Boston Red Sox, Alex Bregman still&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[5154,592,64,63,5156,173518,210983,591,86804,5148,164097,85],"class_list":["post-395084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-alex-bregman","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-buster-olney","tag-harold-reynolds","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-network","tag-rafael-devers","tag-scott-boras","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}