The Boston Red Sox have been active early in this offseason. Boston traded for Sonny Gray, but could now be in the market for an impact bat.<\/p>\n
After trading for Gray, Breslow noted that the Red Sox could shift their focus<\/a> to adding a position player. However, it remains to be seen which impact bat or bats the Red Sox target. Alex Bregman seems like an obvious target, but who else?<\/p>\n The Red Sox could be looking to add a power hitter this offseason. Along with Bregman, MLB insider Jon Heyman revealed on Thursday<\/a> that the Red Sox are targeting Kyle Schwarber, Pete Alonso, Kazuma Okamoto and J.T. Realmuto. They clearly want to add a power bat and NorthJersey.com\u2019s Pete Caldera<\/a> predicted they would land Alonso.<\/p>\n Alonso is one of the best power hitters in the game. He is the New York Mets\u2019 all-time home run leader and has the third most home runs in baseball since his debut. He is open to spending more time as a designated hitter, according to his agent, and could slot in at first base while Triston Casas recovers.<\/p>\n The Red Sox are not a bad home-run-hitting team. They ranked 15th this year, but fell off near the end of the season. After Aug. 1, the Red Sox hit the third-fewest home runs in the league.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n Adding Alonso is a move that could change the franchise for years to come. He is looking for a long-term deal, just like Bregman. Having Alonso in the lineup with Roman Anthony, Alex Bregman and Boston\u2019s other young players could make them a threat in the American League for years to come.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Alonso is a fan favorite in Queens, and Steve Cohen may be willing to outbid other teams to keep him. However, the Red Sox would be a great landing spot for the superstar first baseman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Red Sox have been active early in this offseason. Boston traded for Sonny Gray, but could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,471,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-321528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-pete-alonso","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}