The Finest Matches For Alex Bregman

MLBTR has seemed on the potential markets for Juan Soto and Corbin Burnes in respective posts for Entrance Workplace subscribers. We’ll proceed that sequence with a have a look at the winter’s #3 free agent.

Alex Bregman might land the biggest contract for a non-Soto place participant. MLBTR predicted the two-time World Collection champ would get a seven-year pact valued at $182MM. Attending to seven years would distinguish Bregman from Matt Chapman, who would’ve been the offseason’s different high possibility at third base had he not re-signed with the Giants for six years and $151MM. Bregman is a yr youthful and has a extra constant offensive monitor document, although he isn’t fairly at Chapman’s stage defensively.

There have been a number of small hints about how Bregman’s market might shake out. Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic recommended final month that the third baseman’s camp may search for a deal that resembles Manny Machado’s 11-year, $350MM extension from Spring Coaching 2023 moderately than normal market projections of a contract within the $175-200MM vary.

Bregman attending to $300MM+ could be an enormous shock, although. Machado was already assured $180MM on the time of his extension, in order that contract amounted to 5 years and $170MM in new cash. The Machado deal additionally got here at a time when the Padres had been signing off on various large contracts throughout Peter Seidler’s possession tenure.

USA Right this moment’s Bob Nightengale reported a number of weeks in the past that the Astros had been hoping to retain Bregman on one thing like a six-year, $156MM pact. That hasn’t gotten a deal completed, so his camp appears to be aiming increased. On the time, Nightengale wrote that Bregman and his illustration on the Boras Company had been no less than seeking to crack the $200MM mark.

Let’s check out what groups may very well be concerned.