Do the Boston Red Sox have one less team to worry about in the Alex Bregman sweepstakes?
At the beginning of the offseason, it seemed plausible that the Detroit Tigers would be the Boston Red Sox's top challenger for Alex Bregman. Last offseason, the Tigers offered Bregman six years, $171.
5 million -- the largets offer he had in terms of total dollars. However, as we've heard about the Chicago Cubs, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Toronto Blue Jays as threats for Bregman, it's been radio silence on the Tigers' end. On Saturday, we received confirmation from a Detroit insider that to this point, the Tigers haven't been involved in the slightest.Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press, the Tigers have not been engaged in Bregman's market to this point in the winter, and there's no indication that they will be anytime soon."The Tigers haven't shown any new movement, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Free Press on condition of anonymity because they're not permitted to speak publicly. The interest from the Tigers remains lukewarm, just as it has all offseason, with eight weeks until the first game of spring training." Clearly, the Red Sox have bigger fish to fry, as Arizona, Chicago, and Toronto all seem to be stepping up their efforts. That may just be a sign that things are coming to a head relatively soon, but it doesn't guarantee success for Boston by any means. But it seemed as though most in the industry expected the Tigers to get involved again for Bregman, purely because after whiffing on him last year, they barely got any production from the left side of their infield this year. Bregman is Boston's best option at third base in free agency, but not their only option among currently available bats to man open infield spots. They're reportedly considering free agent Bo Bichette to play second base, as well as potential trades for second baseman Ketel Marte and third baseman Isaac Paredes (Jackson Roberts is a former Division III All-Region DH who now writes and talks about sports for a living. A Bay Area native and a graduate of Swarthmore College and the Newhouse School at Syracuse University, Jackson makes his home in North Jersey. He grew up rooting for the Red Sox, Patriots, and Warriors, and he recently added the Devils to his sports fandom mosaic. For all business/marketing inquiries regarding Boston Red Sox On SI, please reach out to Scott Neville: scott@wtfsports.org
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