{"id":378437,"date":"2025-12-30T19:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T19:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/378437\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T19:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T19:49:07","slug":"red-sox-rumors-mlb-insider-provides-latest-on-alex-bregman-bo-bichette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/378437\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox rumors: MLB insider provides latest on Alex Bregman, Bo Bichette"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Red Sox<\/a> have yet to sign a free agent this winter, but there are possibilities including Alex Bregman and Bo Bichette<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Both remain free agents as 2026 approaches and have been linked to the Red Sox in the offseason. The New York Post\u2019s Jon Heyman revealed on a recent Bleacher Report live stream<\/a> that Bregman is still Boston\u2019s top target.<\/p>\n

And while Bichette remains an option, he\u2019s more of a Plan B.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoston is a possibility for Bichette as well, but he seems like a fallback to them right now,\u201d Heyman said<\/a>. \u201cBregman is probably their top choice. They\u2019ve done a lot of (Ketel) Marte talking, but certainly, Boston is a possibility for Bichette as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old Bichette fits what the Red Sox are looking for: A right-handed bat who can play shortstop, second base and third base. Boston has a shortstop in Trevor Story, but it\u2019s unclear if Bregman will return<\/a> to the Red Sox. Should Bregman leave, Marcelo Mayer is an option to take over third. He can also play second.<\/p>\n

Bichette batted .311 with 18 home runs and 94 RBI in 139 games for Toronto.<\/p>\n

Bregman, unsurprisingly, has been connected to several teams<\/a> including the Chicago Cubs, Arizona Diamondbacks and Toronto Blue Jays.<\/p>\n

MassLive\u2019s Chris Cotillo reported<\/a>\u00a0that Boston remains engaged with the third baseman about a return in 2026, with club officials remaining hopeful \u2014 but not necessarily either optimistic or pessimistic \u2014 at this juncture.<\/p>\n

Bregman<\/a>\u00a0was a strong fit for the Red Sox in 2025, providing veteran leadership and offensive pop to the lineup. He opted out of the final two years of his contract in November to explore the free agent market.<\/p>\n

Bregman<\/a>\u00a0finished the 2025 season with a .273 batting average with 18 home runs and 62 RBIs \u2014 numbers that likely would have been inflated had he not been sidelined with a quad injury.<\/p>\n

Bregman has expressed desire for his next contract to bring him to the end \u2014 or at least close to \u2014 the end of his career. Whether the Red Sox want to commit term and money to the 31-year-old will depend on their willingness to spend, potentially past the second CBT (competitive balance tax) of $264 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Red Sox have yet to sign a free agent this winter, but there are possibilities including Alex…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-378437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378437","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=378437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}