{"id":408384,"date":"2026-01-14T09:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/408384\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T09:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:52:13","slug":"mlb-insider-says-red-sox-will-aggressively-pursue-bo-bichette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/408384\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Insider Says Red Sox Will &#8216;Aggressively&#8217; Pursue Bo Bichette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/teams\/mlb\/boston-red-sox\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Red Sox<\/a> didn\u2019t land Alex Bregman in free agency, and reports indicate that they\u2019re hot on the trail of another superstar free agent: Bo Bichette.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, USA Today\u2019s MLB insider Bob Nightengale reported on Tuesday that the Red Sox are expected to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UnderdogMLB\/status\/2011218946855485868?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201caggressively\u201d pursue Bichette<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nightengale: Red Sox expected to aggressively pursue Bo Bichette.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Underdog MLB (@UnderdogMLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnderdogMLB\/status\/2011218946855485868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bichette enjoyed a resurgent 2025 campaign with the Toronto Blue Jays, slashing .311\/.357\/.483 with 18 home runs, 94 RBIs, and 78 runs scored across 139 games. Battling a left knee sprain that landed him on the injured list in September, he returned to aid the Jays\u2019 postseason run, appearing in the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. <\/p>\n<p>There, he batted .348 over seven games, delivering a pivotal three-run homer off Shohei Ohtani in Game 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Since his 2019 debut, Bichette has compiled a stellar seven-year resume, hitting .294 with 111 homers, 437 RBIs, 438 runs, and 60 stolen bases in 748 games. A two-time All-Star who twice led the AL in hits, he boasts a career .806 OPS and 21.0 WAR. Now 27, Bichette is garnering serious interest from multiple powerful suitors, with the Philadelphia Phillies seen as a strong possibility.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Red Sox didn\u2019t land Alex Bregman in free agency, and reports indicate that they\u2019re hot on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[7203,49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-408384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-bo-bichette","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408384","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=408384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}