The Athletic’s Mitch Bannon wrote at the winter meetings that Bregman was a “potential backup plan” if the Blue Jays did not sign right fielder Kyle Tucker or infielder Bo Bichette.
Bregman might be more than that.
Bichette, who turns 28 in March, is four years younger than Bregman. The age difference is one reason The Athletic’s Tim Britton projected Bichette to sign for eight years, $212 million and Bregman for six years, $171 million.
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I know a lot of people don’t want Bregman, which is fair. If Alex Bregman is your *backup* though that’s not a bad thing to have
>Bichette, who turns 28 in March, is four years younger than Bregman. The age difference is one reason The Athletic’s Tim Britton projected Bichette to sign for eight years, $212 million and Bregman for six years, $171 million.
I mean if we’re choosing between these two options I’m not sure why you wouldn’t want the 4 year younger player who’s only signed for 2 years longer
Bo over Bregman!
Bregman+Tucker would be a sweet haul…
We don’t actually want Bregman. This is Scott Boras blowing smoke because his client’s market is bad
Nice try boras
Is Bregman a 3rd base or 2nd or SS in this situation?
I remember when he came up in 2016 and went 0 for like 50. Haven’t checked up on him sense then. But I don’t want him. We don’t need another Chris Davis guy who goes on 0-100 streaks
Baseball free agency is akin to slowly bleeding out on wet pavement.
Don’t read into this much people, Rosenthal is a Boras mouth piece and Boras thrives on using the jays to drive up the price, our FO probably has just checked in on bregmans market and did their due diligence, it’s all Boras smoke and the Jays FO would never take Bregman over the 4 year younger Bo, especially given the platoon of Ernie and Addison they have at third
Might be able to get Murakami for a reasonable amount, his deadline is Monday.
Pretty sure the decisions of Tucker, Bo , Valdez, Ranger is holding u everything which fucks over the Japanese window.
Thank God we got Cease done quickly.
Why not just sign Bregman and Bo and Tucket and also Bellinger too?
Not sure why you’re all assuming this is Boras floating the rumour when A) It’s not Heyman, B) Boras likes his new relationship with the Jays FO, and C) It could just as easily be the Jays building negotiation leverage with Tucker/Bichette. Just because the FO is tight-lipped on what it’s actually doing, doesn’t mean it’s incapable of planting strategic info.
I think Bo has a genuine interests in playing for Toronto not sure about Tucker or Bregman.