The Boston Red Sox lost one of baseball\u2019s premier third basemen when Alex Bregman joined the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n
After one season in Boston, Bregman signed<\/a> a five-year, $175 million contract with the Cubs. The All-Star was recognized among his position\u2019s elite before his 11th season.<\/p>\n MLB Network\u2019s \u201cThe Shredder\u201d ranked Bregman<\/a> as the No. 3 third baseman. Cleveland Guardians superstar Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez leads the pack, but Max Muncy oddly drew the No. 2 spot despite averaging 111 games played in the last four seasons.<\/p>\n Bregman ranks ahead of five-time Gold Glove winner Matt Chapman, and seven-time All-Star Manny Machado probably has a valid gripe about residing at No. 5. Junior Caminero can prove he\u2019s worthy of positioning above No. 6 if he replicates last year\u2019s 45-homer breakout.<\/p>\n They\u2019re followed by Bo Bichette, who has never played an inning at third base in his MLB career. After rumors of the Red Sox pursuing him to play second baseman, the longtime Toronto Blue Jays shortstop is expected to handle the hot corner after joining<\/a> the New York Mets.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n A potential Red Sox trade target<\/a>, Isaac Paredes, ranks No. 8 ahead of Eugenio Su\u00e1rez, who signed a one-year deal with the Cincinnati Reds after not receiving <\/a>a free-agent offer from Boston. Austin Riley rounds out the top 10 following another injury-plagued season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Bregman hasn\u2019t exceeded 26 home runs or batted .275 or higher since 2019, but he\u2019s posted an OPS+ of at least 113 in every season of his career. The two-time World Series champion pairs stout defense with a keen plate approach, giving him 3.5 WAR<\/a> in 114 games last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Red Sox lost one of baseball\u2019s premier third basemen when Alex Bregman joined the Chicago Cubs.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2375],"tags":[72,5,141,48,2542,4,89,2543],"class_list":{"0":"post-560931","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-boston","11":"tag-boston-red-sox","12":"tag-bostonredsox","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-red-sox","15":"tag-redsox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116034270961454186","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560931","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=560931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}