{"id":563920,"date":"2026-02-10T10:11:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/563920\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:11:28","slug":"alex-bregman-makes-first-social-media-post-for-cubs-after-dramatic-red-sox-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/563920\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Bregman makes first social media post for Cubs after dramatic Red Sox exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Former Boston Red Sox star <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/alex-bregman\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alex Bregman<\/a> is ready to put the drama behind him and focus solely on baseball during the 2026 MLB season. With that in mind, he took to his social media with a message for the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">\u201cDay 1 @Cubs. Let\u2019s go!,\u201d Bregman wrote in his latest X post. The third baseman hadn\u2019t made any posts of his own since signing with the <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/chicago-cubs\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cubs<\/a>. Now, he broke his silence with a message showing his excitement.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">As expected, his post drew attention from fans across MLB with both the <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/boston-red-sox\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Red Sox<\/a> and Cubs fanbases reacting. Obviously, their reactions were quite different. While fans in Boston still feel sorrow for his departure, those in Chicago are excited about Bregman\u2019s first year in town.<\/p>\n<p>Bregman\u2019s numbers in 2025<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">With Bregman joining the mix, there are reasons to be hopeful in Chi-city. The Cubs are still lamenting Kyle Tucker\u2019s departure, but Bregman\u2019s arrival does help ease the pain ahead of the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/mlb\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MLB<\/a> season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Alex-Bregman-looks-on-1920x1080.webp.webp\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"Alex Bregman looks on\" class=\"h-auto\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center mt-5 text-[14px] leading-[20px] font-normal\">Chicago Cubs player Alex Bregman speaks to the media.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Bregman has laid the facts on the ground. After delivering a remarkable campaign in 2025, the three-time All-Star is ready to follow suit in 2026\u2014albeit in a different environment.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chicago Cubs icons: Ranking the 25 most influential players in team history\" href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/mlb\/The-Boys-in-Blue-top-25-players-in-Chicago-Cubs-history-20200706-0003.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"article-also-read-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-square max-w-[100px] m-[10px] md:m-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770718286_994_image.webp\" alt=\"Chicago Cubs icons: Ranking the 25 most influential players in team history\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary my-[13px] uppercase text-alsoReadSeeAlso bg-alsoReadSeeAlsoBackground alsoReadSeeAlso w-fit\">see also<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full line-clamp-3 md:line-clamp-2 text-alsoReadEmbedTitle font-primary alsoReadLink\">Chicago Cubs icons: Ranking the 25 most influential players in team history<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"break-word\">Last season, Bregman appeared in 114 games, recording 64 runs, 118 hits, and 18 home runs. Moreover, Bregman posted a .273 batting average, .360 OBP, .462 SLG, and .821 OPS.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"leading-none\" href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/staff\/fodonnell\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Federico-ODonnell.webp.webp\" alt=\"federico o'donnell\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rounded-full\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-[14px] leading-[20px] min-h-[72px] md:min-h-[52px] mt-[10px] font-authorSignatureDescription hidden md:block\">Federico O\u2019Donnell is a bilingual sports writer from Argentina, fluent in both Spanish and English. He joined Bolavip US in August 2024 and has since established himself as a skilled journalist covering a wide range of sports. Federico has written extensively about soccer and the NHL for various media outlets, including ExtraTimeTalk and Last Word on Hockey. His extensive knowledge of NHL, NCAAF, NCAAB, NFL, soccer, and NBA, combined with his passion for these sports, equips him to handle breaking news effectively and deliver insightful analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Boston Red Sox star Alex Bregman is ready to put the drama behind him and focus solely&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2399],"tags":[72,5,48,138,24,4245,161,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-563920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-cubs","8":"tag-alex-bregman","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-boston-red-sox","11":"tag-chicago","12":"tag-chicago-cubs","13":"tag-chicagocubs","14":"tag-cubs","15":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116045800751683387","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563920","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=563920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}