Red Sox 3B Alex Bregman now of interest to surprise team
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Red Sox flip top pitching prospect to Nationals
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With the winter meetings officially behind us, Major League Baseball’s rumor mill continues to heat up. A number of contenders are doing all they can to fortify
Plus, updates on where Triston Casas stands, Marcelo Mayer's WBC status and Kristian Campbell's offseason work.
The Red Sox need to make a move to add an infielder, and the top candidate is veteran third baseman Alex Bregman. Bregman played one season with the Red Sox, but opted out of his contract this offseason. ESPN's Kiley McDaniel projected on Tuesday that Bregman would sign a massive five-year, $170 million contract in free agency this offseason.
The teams swapped minor league pitchers, with the Sox sending rocket-armed righthander Luis Perales to Washington for towering lefthander Jake Bennett. Why trade one highly regarded pitching prospect for another? In many ways, the deal reflected contrasting positions of two organizations.