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Major League Baseball’s offseason is likely to hit a lull over the coming days, as front office personnel around the league observe the holiday season. But there’s still enough time left for teams to cross some last-minute items off their list. Sunday alone saw the White Sox<\/a> ink Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami<\/a> and the Red Sox<\/a> acquire first baseman Willson Contreras<\/a> in a four-player trade<\/a>. What will Monday bring? Below, CBS Sports has compiled all the day’s news and moves in one place.<\/p>\n Red Sox still want Bregman back<\/p>\n The Red Sox intend to add more offense to their roster even after the aforementioned Contreras acquisition — and retaining third baseman Alex Bregman<\/a> continues to be a priority, per The Athletic<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bregman, 31, posted a 128 OPS+ and 3.5 Wins Above Replacement last season in 114 games with the Red Sox. He then opted out of what was technically a three-year pact but spiritually a series of one-year arrangements. Bregman would slot back in at third base, with the Red Sox sorting through their collection of young infielders to determine their second baseman.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bregman is also of interest to the Diamondbacks<\/a>, Blue Jays<\/a>, Cubs<\/a>, and Tigers<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pirates<\/a> chasing more bats after Lowe trade<\/p>\n The Red Sox aren’t alone in trying to double-dip on bats. The Pirates added second baseman Brandon Lowe<\/a> on Friday, and yet that hasn’t stopped them from chasing after more bats. Instead, they have had several virtual meetings with Japanese infielder Kazuma Okamoto, per the\u00a0Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/a>.<\/p>\n CBS Sports ranked Okamoto as the 22nd-best free agent available this winter. Here’s what we wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n Okamoto isn’t as famous or as exciting as his countryman Munetaka Murakami, but he has a better hit tool and he should find a MLB<\/a> home after hitting .327\/.416\/.598 with 15 home runs and as many walks as strikeouts in 69 games. There are always concerns about how NPB batters will fare against MLB-caliber velocity. Okamoto is no exception in that regard. Add in the possibility that he’s viewed as just a first baseman (a right-handed-hitting one at that) and he could have a limited market. Still, it’s worth acknowledging that some models, like this component-based one created by former Marlins<\/a> front office analyst Bradley Woodrum, have Okamoto as the best bet among NPB bats to hit in MLB.<\/p>\n Okamoto’s posting window is set to close on Jan. 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images Major League Baseball’s offseason is likely to hit a lull over the coming days, as front…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[7679,155696,3959,49,48,131128,462,40120,3958,3954,509,155697,82,31972],"class_list":["post-361942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-alex-bregman","tag-alex-bregman-rumors","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-free-agency-rumors","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-free-agency","tag-mlb-rumors","tag-mlb-trades","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-red-sox-bregman","tag-sports","tag-trade-rumors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361942","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=361942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"player](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2184351.png\")
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