It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas is the best season of them all. Time with family and loved ones, and seeing the joy of your children when they open the gift they got on their Christmas wish lists.

For us baseball fans, this does apply. The Red Sox missed out on Pete Alonso and Kyle Schwarber. They have yet to make a single signing this winter, joining the Colorado Rockies in that regard. There is time left in the winter to make moves and improve the roster. So, here is the Boston Red Sox Christmas wish list.

Everything this winter hinges on Alex Bregman. If he stays, the Red Sox have their third baseman and they can shift Marcelo Mayer potentially to second base and their infield is set in stone. If he walks, the Red Sox have a lot of work to do and that’s even with the front office being content with potentially starting the season with Marcelo Mayer at third base.

Bregman has the same market he did last winter and you can argue his market is worse this time around. As evident with the Red Sox not wanting to sign Pete Alonso long term, the same case could be made in regards to Bregman. The outroar if Bregman walks will be loud as ever, as all roads point to Rafael Devers and that entire saga.

The entire goal of the winter was Bregman AND another bat. The market for a premiere bat is dwindling by the day and that’s now including that the Arizona Diamondbacks are the mystery team for his services.

If Bregman is Plan A ACT LIKE IT. But if there is the same debacle over signing the player like last winter, have clarity on it so the front office can pivot and add the bats necessary to competing.

“Reading the tea leaves and talking to people around the game, you can’t feel optimistic about Alex Bregman coming back to the Red Sox … there is a lot of smoke about Bregman and the Dbacks, and other teams willing to go longer on deals than the Sox seem to be …”

As evident above, long term deals seem to be an issue for the Red Sox and guys over the age of 30. Which leads me to the next wish list item that the Red Sox may be more inclined to doing.

This may be controversial for some, but I welcome a Bo Bichette signing for the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox are craving a power bat and someone with true home run potential. However, the Red Sox also need bats in the lineup and ones that can do effective damage when at the plate. There’s more to baseball than just hitting home runs.

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Teams that the Red Sox should take a page out of their playbooks are the Brewers and Blue Jays. Teams that could demonstrate power, but they also did a good job of making contact and putting the ball into play. That’s precisely what Bichette does and would be a massive addition to the Red Sox lineup.

Bichette is coming off of one of the best seasons of his career. He slashed .311/.357/.483 with a .840 OPS and second best wRC+ of his career with 134. He was third in hits, second in doubles, and most importantly was outstanding with runners in scoring position.

Bichette hit .381 with RISP, which led the league among qualified hitters. For context, the Red Sox as a team hit .252 (18th in the league). Bichette doesn’t strikeout a lot, makes contact, and puts the ball in play. Mark Feinsand of MLB.com has reported that Bichette has told teams he is willing to move to second base. The Red Sox haven’t had a reliable second baseman since Manny Machado decapitated Dustin Pedroia. They’ve had place holders, but they need more reliability at the position. That’s music to my ears as a Red Sox fan and he would fit that bill to its fullest. He was a defensive liability at short stop this past season and looked good at second base in the World Series, despite coming back from injury.

Make it happen John, you’ve sold the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Red Sox are loaded with right handed relievers and they do not have a single lefty coming out of the bullpen. The nice part is the back end of the bullpen is solidified and with three guys that can all close games. Aroldis Chapman, Garrett Whitlock, and Justin Slaten are a great three headed monster. But, this bullpen needs another arm and preferably a left handed one.

The market for a left handed reliever is growing thinner by the minute. Some of the best relievers have been signed already. So for this part of the Christmas wish list, it would be players that seem to fit the profile that Craig Breslow likes in a pitcher. A reunion with Justin Wilson would be welcomed, as he was as solid as it gets. Also bringing in a pitcher like Danny Coulombe makes sense. It’s a pitcher who throws strikes, generates swing and miss, and excels at getting batters to swing outside the zone. He isn’t a high leverage arm, but a reliable arm out of the pen.

Another potential candidate would be Andrew Chafin. His fastball velocity is much to be desired, but a reliever that also does things similar to Coulombe. The options are getting quite thin.

I’m not picky. The market is the market and unless Breslow gets creative, this is likely the litter he’s going to pick from.

Like second base, the Red Sox have had a black hole at the position. It really does feel like since the days of Mitch Moreland that there has been relatability at the position. Are we looking for a defensive wizard over there? No. But something has to give at some point.

Alonso made so much sense because he can play first base. The time is now to pivot. Romy Gonzalez has done a good job and his bat has been a blessing. He can also play second base. Willson Contreras has surfaced as a player of interest and he kills two birds with one stone.

I just want certainty at the position and if it gets another caliber bat in the door then that’s a bigger plus.

Breslow has a lot of work to do. There’s still time to make this team better, but the caliber of players out on the open market is beginning to dwindle down. This doesn’t even include the possibility of trading one of the outfielders, which creates more potential holes. End of the day, this Red Sox team needs to go out and make moves because the clock is ticking.

My top move for this Christmas wish list is Bo Bichette. What’s yours?