Whereas it’s true that I’ve by no means been the most important Alex Bregman fan, I promise my affinity for wanting BoBichette to fill out the Purple Sox’s infield subsequent season is just not resulting from bias from that (largely).
Just like final yr, this yr’s Winter Conferences have began out sluggish and arduous, with loads of rumors and rumblings however no solidity to return out of them. The speak round Bichette and the Purple Sox has remained comparatively obscure (as have most issues, at this level), however even the proliferation of those rumors has me excited. Admittedly, I in all probability won’t ever be keen on Alex Bregman and shall be indignant about how he obtained to Boston and what transpired after he obtained right here, however he was an apparent contributor in 2025, and for that, I thank him. Nonetheless, for a staff full of youth and particularly with a really younger infield (outdoors of Trevor Story, clearly, however his bounceback final yr has me way more compelled to maintain him within the combine as a comparatively dependable bat and defender) I see an addition of the soon-to-be 28-year-old Bichette as a greater transfer than protecting Bregman, who struggled with some accidents final yr and is sort of 32. Bichette has additionally handled accidents, however they’ve seemingly been much less critical, and he’s performed over 135 video games in 4 of his 5 full seasons within the majors (with the exception coming resulting from a few calf strains and the final word fracture of a finger in 2024).
I gained’t go right into a ton of element about why Bichette could be a superb transfer, in addition to the truth that his swing profile matches very properly in Fenway and his circulation is harking back to a 2017 Andrew Benintendi, since I already yapped about it intimately in my article from October.
However simply take a look at his spray chart from final yr overlaid over Fenway Park. It takes my breath away.
Considering of a Mayer, Story, Bichette, Casas/Romy/TBD infield is one thing straight out of a dream for me, and would supply a improbable probability for me as a Coloradan to assist each a Rockies and Purple Sox legend’s son daily! It’s lastly time for us to acknowledge Dante Bichette’s contributions to the early 2000s Purple Sox that formed an eventual championship-winning staff. Some have even known as him the Pokey Reese of 2001.
