[Rosenthal] If not Bichette, the Sox could trade for Marte or Donovan (another Cardinal!) to play second… At this point, the Red Sox probably are disinclined to trade a top young arm such as Payton Tolle or Connelly Early when they already have parted with some of their pitching depth.
December 22, 2025
More of an opinion piece by Rosenthal, but he really outlines our options (and why he thinks Bregman's the best one)
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I still think Bregman comes back on a JD Martinez type of value deal, I don’t think anyone is outbidding our offer and the Red Sox aren’t going to outbid themselves. The market is just too small for him right now and we’re the logical destination.
It’s gonna be Bichette or Bregman imo, we’re all just waiting to see who goes where first
They are going to re-sign Bregman and he is going to be the 2026 World Series MVP and the 2028 ALCS MVP (Anthony is going to be the World Series MVP that year).
Just bring back Bregman and we have a really good club for 2026
Replacing Dick and Dobbins with Gray and Oviedo hardly precludes them from trading Early or Tolle, especially with Crawford, Sandoval, and Houck likely coming back at some point this year.
Fuck Rosenthal
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Where are they throttle wise?
Gotta give the farm a rest. LFG RED SOX 💪🏼
I don’t see Donovan’s appeal. He’s got decent WAR metrics but his numbers across the map are super underwhelming.
At this point I don’t see how any option makes more sense than a Contreras – Mayer/Story – Bregman infield (ideally moving Story to 2B and Mayer back to SS)
Gives us solid to great defense in all 4 positions, all 4 guys are 20-25 HR types, and we still have an extremely capable utility guy in Romy
Nothing really new there but hopefully they do end up with one of Bregman, Bichette or Marte
Is it too optimistic to hope Casas, Yoshida, + ?? is enough for Marte? Arizona has kind of a weak 1B and DH situation.
If they are not going to give up Early to Tolle then the Cards are going to demand Duran or Abreu.
Yeah, or just sign Bregman.
This team is a disgrace.
Alex Bregman needs to be on the Red Sox next year
Bichette otherwise we are going backwards
So far we have 2 retreads from the Cardinals no second baseman no 3rd baseman
18 comments
I still think Bregman comes back on a JD Martinez type of value deal, I don’t think anyone is outbidding our offer and the Red Sox aren’t going to outbid themselves. The market is just too small for him right now and we’re the logical destination.
It’s gonna be Bichette or Bregman imo, we’re all just waiting to see who goes where first
They are going to re-sign Bregman and he is going to be the 2026 World Series MVP and the 2028 ALCS MVP (Anthony is going to be the World Series MVP that year).
Just bring back Bregman and we have a really good club for 2026
Replacing Dick and Dobbins with Gray and Oviedo hardly precludes them from trading Early or Tolle, especially with Crawford, Sandoval, and Houck likely coming back at some point this year.
Fuck Rosenthal
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Where are they throttle wise?
Gotta give the farm a rest. LFG RED SOX 💪🏼
I don’t see Donovan’s appeal. He’s got decent WAR metrics but his numbers across the map are super underwhelming.
At this point I don’t see how any option makes more sense than a Contreras – Mayer/Story – Bregman infield (ideally moving Story to 2B and Mayer back to SS)
Gives us solid to great defense in all 4 positions, all 4 guys are 20-25 HR types, and we still have an extremely capable utility guy in Romy
Nothing really new there but hopefully they do end up with one of Bregman, Bichette or Marte
Is it too optimistic to hope Casas, Yoshida, + ?? is enough for Marte? Arizona has kind of a weak 1B and DH situation.
If they are not going to give up Early to Tolle then the Cards are going to demand Duran or Abreu.
Yeah, or just sign Bregman.
This team is a disgrace.
Alex Bregman needs to be on the Red Sox next year
Bichette otherwise we are going backwards
So far we have 2 retreads from the Cardinals no second baseman no 3rd baseman