Overview
- Multiple outlets report Bregman will forgo roughly $80 million remaining on his three-year, $120 million contract to re-enter the market, with the opt-out to be formalized after the World Series.
- His Boston deal included significant deferrals that lowered its present-day value, increasing the appeal of seeking a new long-term agreement.
- Bregman posted a .273/.360/.462 line with 18 home runs in 114 games and made the All-Star team despite missing about seven weeks with a right quadriceps strain.
- He will not carry qualifying-offer draft-pick compensation this offseason, a change expected to widen interest compared with last winter.
- Reported suitors include the Tigers, Blue Jays, Mariners and Royals, while a Red Sox reunion remains plausible as Boston faces a potential vacancy at third base after trading Rafael Devers.