{"id":340573,"date":"2025-12-10T07:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T07:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/340573\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T07:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T07:18:07","slug":"latest-on-alex-bregmans-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/340573\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest On Alex Bregman’s Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the relief market has moved quickly, there hasn\u2019t been a ton of activity on the position player front. Kyle Schwarber\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0return to Philadelphia on a five-year contract might open things up. Teams like the Orioles, Red Sox and Pirates were in on Schwarber amidst their pursuit of various free agent hitters.<\/p>\n

Alex Bregman<\/a> is unlikely to be a fit for Baltimore or Pittsburgh, but he\u2019s certainly on the radar for Boston. Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe<\/a> wrote this evening that the Red Sox are making Bregman a priority. The Sox enjoyed an excellent season from the three-time All-Star, who hit .273\/.360\/.462 with 18 homers across 495 trips to the plate. He\u2019s also highly regarded as a clubhouse leader and could slot back in at third base, allowing the Sox to use\u00a0Marcelo Mayer<\/a> at second base.<\/p>\n

[Related: The Best Fits For Alex Bregman<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Boston has been loosely linked to a number of marquee middle infielders as well. They\u2019ve checked in on Ketel Marte<\/a> and\u00a0Brendan Donovan<\/a>. A report tonight from Tim Healey of The Boston Globe suggested they\u2019ve at least gauged the Rangers\u2019 interest<\/a> in moving\u00a0Corey Seager<\/a>, though WEEI\u2019s Rob Bradford suggested those conversations haven\u2019t gone anywhere. The Sox have had conversations with top free agent infielder Bo Bichette<\/a>, but Julian McWilliams of CBS Sports<\/a> downplayed that fit tonight as well. That all aligns with the idea that the Sox are more focused on Bregman or a pure power bat at first base (e.g.\u00a0Pete Alonso<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In addition to Boston, Bregman has been tied to the Tigers and Cubs this winter. Evan Petzold of The Detroit Free-Press<\/a> wrote on Monday afternoon that Detroit\u2019s interest had been fairly muted to this point compared to last offseason, when they are believed to have put forth the highest offer. The Tigers made a six-year proposal narrowly above $170MM a year ago. Bregman opted for a three-year deal with the Sox that allowed him to opt out and return to the market this winter.<\/p>\n

Chicago reportedly made a four-year proposal in the $115MM range last offseason. They\u2019re back in the market and met with Bregman via Zoom a few weeks ago, according to Robert Murray of FanSided<\/a>. However, the Cubs\u2019 interest is complicated by the presence of second-year third baseman\u00a0Matt Shaw<\/a>. After a slow start to his career, Shaw had a nice second half that tapped into some of the ability that made him a top prospect. The Cubs have\u00a0Nico Hoerner<\/a> and Dansby Swanson<\/a> up the middle, so adding Bregman would make for a cluttered infield.<\/p>\n

President of baseball operations Jed Hoyer spoke generally about reports that have tied the Cubs to external third basemen. \u201cI\u2019ve been surprised by the number of media reports that link us to different guys. There is zero lack of confidence in Matt. I would say the opposite,\u201d Hoyer said on Monday (link via Jesse Rogers of ESPN<\/a>). He didn\u2019t refute interest in Bregman specifically, nor are executives allowed to do so under the CBA for any free agent. The Cubs aren\u2019t closing the door on adding a high-end bat to replace\u00a0Kyle Tucker<\/a>, but they appear more focused on pitching.<\/p>\n

Theoretically, the Cubs could sign Bregman and use Shaw as a trade chip for a mid-rotation starter. That doesn\u2019t seem to be a strong consideration. \u201cWhen a team calls a player \u2018untouchable,\u2019 it\u2019s because his value is so high that it\u2019s just unrealistic to think that anyone else would come over the top and give you something that\u2019s even more than that value. That\u2019s where Matt Shaw comes into play for us,\u201d general manager Carter Hawkins told Patrick Mooney of The Athletic<\/a>. \u201cIs he untouchable? No. \u00a0No one\u2019s untouchable, but the odds of somebody coming in and giving us an offer that would make us want to move him is really, really low.\u201d<\/p>\n

If the Tigers and Cubs stay on the periphery of the market, that could open an opportunity for a dark horse suitor. The Angels and Mets are speculative possibilities. Meanwhile, Mitch Bannon of The Athletic<\/a> wrote that the Blue Jays could keep an eye on Bregman as a fallback if they don\u2019t come away with one of Tucker or Bichette. The Jays don\u2019t need a third baseman, but both\u00a0Addison Barger<\/a> (corner outfield) and Ernie Clement<\/a> (second base) could play other positions. Toronto\u2019s general willingness to cast a wide net makes them a viable dark horse, though it\u2019d be a surprise if they seriously jumped in on Bregman while Bichette and Tucker are still unsigned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the relief market has moved quickly, there hasn\u2019t been a ton of activity on the position player…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[33557,382,25927,363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-340573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-alex-bregman","9":"tag-bo-bichette","10":"tag-matt-shaw","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}