{"id":519460,"date":"2026-01-14T05:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T05:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/519460\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T05:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T05:53:14","slug":"mlb-insider-says-red-sox-will-aggressively-pursue-bo-bichette-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/519460\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Insider Says Red Sox Will \u2018Aggressively\u2019 Pursue Bo Bichette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/teams\/mlb\/boston-red-sox\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Boston Red Sox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Boston Red Sox<\/a> didn\u2019t land Alex Bregman in free agency, and reports indicate that they\u2019re hot on the trail of another superstar free agent: Bo Bichette.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, USA Today\u2019s MLB insider Bob Nightengale reported on Tuesday that the Red Sox are expected to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UnderdogMLB\/status\/2011218946855485868?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201caggressively\u201d pursue Bichette;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u201caggressively\u201d pursue Bichette<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bichette enjoyed a resurgent 2025 campaign with the Toronto Blue Jays, slashing .311\/.357\/.483 with 18 home runs, 94 RBIs, and 78 runs scored across 139 games. Battling a left knee sprain that landed him on the injured list in September, he returned to aid the Jays\u2019 postseason run, appearing in the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>There, he batted .348 over seven games, delivering a pivotal three-run homer off Shohei Ohtani in Game 7.<\/p>\n<p>Since his 2019 debut, Bichette has compiled a stellar seven-year resume, hitting .294 with 111 homers, 437 RBIs, 438 runs, and 60 stolen bases in 748 games. A two-time All-Star who twice led the AL in hits, he boasts a career .806 OPS and 21.0 WAR. Now 27, Bichette is garnering serious interest from multiple powerful suitors, with the Philadelphia Phillies seen as a strong possibility.<\/p>\n<p>More MLB:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/01\/red-sox-reportedly-sign-6-foot-6-right-handed-relief-pitcher\/\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Red Sox Reportedly Sign 6-Foot-6 Right-Handed Relief Pitcher;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">  Red Sox Reportedly Sign 6-Foot-6 Right-Handed Relief Pitcher <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Red Sox didn\u2019t land Alex Bregman in free agency, and reports indicate that they\u2019re hot on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2375],"tags":[72,5,88,2146,141,48,2542,4,25,89,2543,468,1791,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-519460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-red-sox","8":"tag-alex-bregman","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-bo-bichette","11":"tag-bob-nightengale","12":"tag-boston","13":"tag-boston-red-sox","14":"tag-bostonredsox","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","17":"tag-red-sox","18":"tag-redsox","19":"tag-shohei-ohtani","20":"tag-the-los-angeles-dodgers","21":"tag-toronto-blue-jays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115891903068424472","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}