Boston signs Bregman 3/120

[Grant77]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/02/red-sox-to-sign-alex-bregman.html

An opt out after each season and an extremely high salary really limits the upside of this deal, although it also limits the risk. I wouldn't have wanted the Jays to do this.

[Jays24]

I'm shocked he got 40M per season.  Why the hell are there even opt outs here lol

[Spanky99]

4 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

I'm shocked he got 40M per season.  Why the hell are there even opt outs here lol

Player option security, that contract's absurd. 

[Spanky99]

FU Bregman, hope you suck the next 3 years hard. 😜

[Grant77]

1 minute ago, Spanky99 said:

FU Bregman, hope you suck the next 3 years hard. 😜

He's cemented his poor legacy by playing for the cheating Astros and then the worst organization in the history of professional sports.

[Jays24]

3 minutes ago, Spanky99 said:

Player option security, that contract's absurd. 

He will never get more than 40M per season in free agency so it's safe to say he'll be a Red Sox for 3 years.  Dude got paid like he was coming off his MVP season or something.  Lol

[Spanky99]

2 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

He will never get more than 40M per season in free agency so it's safe to say he'll be a Red Sox for 3 years.  Dude got paid like he was coming off his MVP season or something.  Lol

They better hope he's good. And yes, he's basically paid in full, no-one's paying higher than that, annually.

[BB17]

I mean its only 3 years, that's why he got 40M. The Opt outs make it a pretty good deal for him though.

Red Sox looks pretty good right now. AL East is gonna be a dog fight. You could make the case all 5 teams in the East look better than any team in the Central.

[G-Snarls]

Oof 

[Stangstag]

3 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

He will never get more than 40M per season in free agency so it's safe to say he'll be a Red Sox for 3 years.  Dude got paid like he was coming off his MVP season or something.  Lol

He hits a lot of flyballs to LF from what I remember hearing, so he could potentially have a good season in Boston, take the 40m, then sign a 150/6 contract next year and still come out ahead.

[G-Snarls]

Trade 4 Trout at the deadline when the Angels are 12 games out and we're neck and neck for 2nd/3rd place 

[jaysblue]

10 minutes ago, Grant77 said:

He's cemented his poor legacy by playing for the cheating Astros and then the worst organization in the history of professional sports.

Have you ever been to a game at Fenway?

[BB17]

People saying Bregman is overpaid meanwhile willing to give Vladdy 400M lol.

 

Bregman WAR

Age 23- 4.7

Age 24- 7.9

Age 25- 8.3

 

Vladdy

Age 23- 3.3

Age 24- 1.3

Age 25-5.5

[jaysblue]

3 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

He hits a lot of flyballs to LF from what I remember hearing, so he could potentially have a good season in Boston, take the 40m, then sign a 150/6 contract next year and still come out ahead.

Yeah he could potentially have a good season in Boston, taking advantage of the Green Monster and dimensions, turning it into a larger contract. Which position does he play now? 

[G-Snarls]

Just now, BB17 said:

People saying Bregman is overpaid meanwhile willing to give Vladdy 400M lol.

 

Bregman WAR

Age 23- 4.7

Age 24- 7.9

Age 25- 8.3

 

Vladdy

Age 23- 3.3

Age 24- 1.3

Age 25-5.5

But Bregman is about to turn 31

[BB17]

4 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

But Bregman is about to turn 31

Yeah but 10/450 is paying him 45M from 31-36. 

[Masterbather]

I am unbothered by this.

[Carlos Danger]

I wonder if this deal takes Boston out of the Vladdy FA sweepstakes assuming Vlad is a FA and Devers is going to 1st. The odds on FA favorites were the Mets and Red Sox.

[Jays24]

7 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

Yeah he could potentially have a good season in Boston, taking advantage of the Green Monster and dimensions, turning it into a larger contract. Which position does he play now? 

You can't move a gold glove 3B who you paid 40M just to keep Devers there can you? 

[Grant77]

39 minutes ago, Stangstag said:

He hits a lot of flyballs to LF from what I remember hearing, so he could potentially have a good season in Boston, take the 40m, then sign a 150/6 contract next year and still come out ahead.

He was supposedly offered 6/170 already and turned it down.

[Masterbather]

32 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

Yeah he could potentially have a good season in Boston, taking advantage of the Green Monster and dimensions, turning it into a larger contract.

I don't think teams are stupid enough to fall for that given the statistics they have access to. If a bunch of average fans are aware of that then I'm sure baseball executives around baseball doling out massive sums of money are aware of that. Wasn't Bellinger hurt by advanced statistics revealing him to be a bit of a phony or am I misremembering?

[Grant77]

36 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

Have you ever been to a game at Fenway?

Twice. The reviews about the persistent smell of urine, ignorant fans, and racist taunts were spot on both times.

[Spanky99]

12 minutes ago, Grant77 said:

Twice. The reviews about the persistent smell of urine, ignorant fans, and racist taunts were spot on both times.

Shithole, this is correct. Hah!

[Brownie19]

21 minutes ago, Grant77 said:

Twice. The reviews about the persistent smell of urine, ignorant fans, and racist taunts were spot on both times.

Oh man. I went to a couple of games back in 2011 and it was a great experience.  Perhaps things have changed?

[G-Snarls]

He turned down 6 years 171.5M from Detroit 

[jaysblue]

 

[jaysblue]

51 minutes ago, Spanky99 said:

Shithole, this is correct. Hah!

Would rather watch a game at Fenway over the Rogers Centre any day of the week! 

[Spanky99]

8 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

He turned down 6 years 171.5M from Detroit 

I would too when you have 3/120 on the table. Dude got paid.

[Brownie19]

9 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

He turned down 6 years 171.5M from Detroit 

Man - that's a huge offer too.  I can't imagine the Jays were ever that close with Bregman.

[Spanky99]

2 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

Would rather watch a game at Fenway over the Rogers Centre any day of the week! 

To each their own, man.