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“That’ll all care for itself. He desires to be right here, we wish him to be right here, and I’ll depart it at that.”
Alex Bregman and the Pink Sox are staying centered on the duty at hand: successful a pivotal three-game residence collection in opposition to the Yankees with first place within the Wild-Card standings up for grabs.
However Bregman has discovered himself talked about in a number of rumors in latest weeks in the case of his future with the Pink Sox and the choices accessible to him this offseason if he wished to check free company.
Boston initially signed Bregman to a three-year, $120 million contract in February, giving the workforce a much-needed bat from the fitting aspect and a veteran chief.
However Bregman’s deal consists of opt-out clauses each this upcoming offseason and the next winter — which might permit the third baseman to hit the open market once more if he wished to money in with a long-term deal.
Final week, ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan reported that Bregman will select to decide out this offseason “barring an harm or catastrophic stoop” — giving him the choice to signal a brand new cope with the Pink Sox or chase that bigger contract elsewhere.
“After one of many extra profitable pillow contracts ever, Bregman is sure to get the five-year-plus deal at a median annual worth of $35 million-plus that eluded him final winter,” Passan famous.
Whereas the Pink Sox have reaped the advantages of Bregman’s management and manufacturing (each on the plate and on the sizzling nook), Boston is perhaps confronted with a troublesome determination if Bregman is in search of a long-term contract going into his age-32 season.
However throughout his look on WEEI’s “Greg Hill Present” on Thursday morning, Pink Sox workforce president Sam Kennedy stated that Passan’s report got here as a shock to him.
“That’ll all care for itself,” Kennedy stated. “He desires to be right here, we wish him to be right here, and I’ll depart it at that. … We have been all stunned by that report given, you already know, we simply haven’t had discussions with Alex about something aside from the purpose at hand proper now with what’s in entrance of us these subsequent 15 video games.”
Even with a hamstring harm costing Bregman over a month of motion, Bregman has been as marketed as a key cog in Boston’s lineup — batting .279 with 16 residence runs and 57 RBI over 101 video games.
Talking final month, Bregman famous in an interview with The Boston Globe’s Tim Healey that he desires to desk potential contract talks with the Pink Sox till the offseason.
“Clearly, we’re open to speaking [when the season is over],” Bregman informed Healey “However for the following few months, I’m simply actually centered on the baseball. … “I’m simply centered on making an attempt to do what I can to assist this workforce win and get into the playoffs. I really feel like that’s the place my head and thoughts have to be.”
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