The SHOCKING Truth Behind The Alex Bregman Signing...

We have brand new information on the Alex Bregman contract as he is now a Boston Red Sox. I'm here to break down all of the new information that we have on the contract as well as the entire Alex Bregman situation in Boston on this episode of Red Sox Digest. But first, as you guys know, you're not already subscribed and you're a part of this 86.5% who are currently watching this video, not currently subscribed to the channel. Scroll down, click the subscribe button. We do appreciate it. Thank you guys, but now let's get to it and break down this massive news and the new details on the Bregman deal. Now, I'm just excited to be able to bring you a video that isn't Alex Bregman and the Red Sox are in talks, and Alex Bregman and the Boston Red Sox are having conversations. Yes, we were having conversations, and we finally went out there and got the job done. We were discussing this all offseason long, how the Red Sox are complimenting and patting themselves on the back. For being in the talks with and in conversations with big-name player after big-name player, despite not landing any of them. Obviously, we did go out and acquire Crochet and Buehler and the good pieces that we added to the pitching staff, whether it be in the starting rotation or the bullpen. But again, the conversation around the right-handed bat has been present all offseason long, and we have failed to do anything until now. We go out and we acquire Alex Bregman. This is huge. Not only do we have a very, very competent right-handed bat who is going to be substantial offensively, but also the versatility defensively is going to be substantial. His ability to not only play second base, but as well as possibly going back to his home position at third base and allowing Rafael Devers to move to DH and taking some of the pressure off of him defensively as we know he is not the best defender in the MLB. Especially at the hot corner of third base. Again. So there's a lot to break down. We're going to start with this tweet from Buster Only, the one and only, as he goes on to say the deferrals on the Alex Bregman deal are significant. The present day value of his contract is expected to be assessed in the range of the $90 million for three years. So again, Alex Bregman, it's obvious why you ended up choosing the Boston Red Sox out of all of the other offers. As we know, as of now, the Tigers offered six for $171.5 million. Again, that is a substantial contract, and again, he had connections to A.J. Hintz there, and he still decided to go to Boston as, again, three years, $120 million, the shortest contract in the sense of total length presented by Boston out of all the teams considered, but again, the highest AAV, and that seems like what got Alex Bregman really swayed to Boston, and again, I don't think it's just that, as we mentioned in the last episode of Red Sox Digest. I guess if you look at this roster against us. Van Graaff, as they already do have Alex Bregman in the lineup listed at second base. We do not have his jersey number yet. Again, we will find out that soon. But again. Bregman on this team makes it substantially better, but if you look around, Durant's a young piece. Devers is not very old. Casas, Abreu, Wong, Raffaella, there is a lot of young pieces surrounding this lineup, as well as not even mentioning the farm system that is ranked number one in the entire MLB. Now, this, and to stem off of that, now we go to the MLB network, really exciting that we're going to do, and John Morrissey, who was on there this morning at 9.30 a.m. is when they posted this. The Red Sox will have two major questions in Fort Myers in the coming days, a quote from John Morsi on MLB Network. He goes on to discuss Alex Bregman's reported contract with Boston and what the deal could mean for the club's talented prospects, alluding to, obviously, Christian Campbell, one of the best prospects in the entire MLB, specifically, obviously, with this Red Sox organization. He's a top prospect just behind Roman Anthony and players like Marseille Mayer. Campbell seems like the number one guy that is going to be called up this season, at least at the quickest date, if you will, because of how great he has really progressed over the last calendar year, how not only the offense has really come along substantially, but also having the defensive capabilities at second base, as well as being a right-handed bat. This was someone that we anticipated getting the call up if we did not sign someone like Alex Bregman, who had the versatility to play third as well as second base. Now, we know we had David Hamilton as well as Vaughn Grisham who were competing for the second base position going into this season, going into spring training, and now I believe that all has been altered due to signing Alex Bregman, which is not a bad thing. The only thing is how much are we going to alter the timeline of Christian Campbell? Now, we can't be greedy here, but there are a lot of moving parts that John Morrissey goes on to break down that we've had discussions about in the past. What are we going to do with Masataka Yoshida? Is he going to maintain our DH spot? If that's the case... It seems like Devers is going to stay at third, and Bregman would then be our everyday second baseman. Now, I'm not saying there's not going to be days where Devers has a day off, or Yoshida has a day off, and we can move pieces around because we are so versatile. Yoshida obviously is a left fielder, but due to the shoulder problems that he dealt with last season, and the lack thereof of available reps in the outfield, obviously he has been the DH for the majority of his time in Boston. But he does have the ability to play left field as well as the surplus of talent that we already have in the outfield. Now Bregman is coming into Boston, he's going to be able to play second base because he has the ability to do so at such a high level, but we all know he is primarily a third baseman, so moving Devers to DH is still a possibility with the ability to move Bregman back to third, improving defense all around, and then moving Campbell up to the MLB level and putting him at second base, not only acquiring Bregman as a right-handed bat who's experienced with a lot of versatility as well as It seems like really the foundation and really just the overall what we've seen through his nine-year career, just the experience and the resume, he's going to feast in Fenway. If you can add Bregman, which we've already done, and then we can move him to third and establish a great defensive spot at that hot corner and then allow someone who's young and promising with the upside of Christian Campbell to come up and play second base, this could be an explosion from the Boston Red Sox. Before we move Campbell up or not, I think this is substantial. I think this is the biggest move we've made up to this point in the offseason. Because if we miss out on Bregman, and he walks to the Cubs, if he walks to Toronto, if he walks to the Tigers, the Houston Astros, whatever it may have been, we would have been the biggest loser in that situation. Not only because we missed out on Bregman, but because Bregman was our last chance. We went the entire offseason in conversation, in discussions with. connected to but never closing the deal and we finally did it and again Bregman we've broken this down the last three episodes of Red Sox Digest check out the OPS an average of a 1200 OPS in his nine-year career playing against the Boston Red Sox in Fenway specifically he is going to find a home in Boston where he is more than comfortable and I honestly I cannot wait to see it a Jurassic Pole hitter who's going to be hitting off that monster where he's going to be able to hit doubles All day long off that green monster off the Fenway wall, and I can't wait to watch it all play out. Now, that is not the only MLB network. What we are going to follow, it's also this one again from John Morrissey, again, just a few hours later, as it goes on, or this is from last night, excuse me, as MLB Network tweets, this changes the American League because the Boston Red Sox now have a legitimate lineup to threaten that of the New York Yankees, and the quote from John Morrissey on Alex Bregman's reported deal with the Boston Red Sox, and I couldn't agree more, as we know. The Yankees are a powerhouse. There's no way around it. They do have a substantial lineup powered by Aaron Judge, obviously, as, again, the dude hits 50-plus home runs, it feels like, every year. He doesn't even swing the bat, and the ball goes 800 feet. I understand. But, again, they are lacking in some areas, particularly in the infield. They do have key pieces, but, again, are they going to be able to carry 162? Now, with the roster, the Red Sox currently have There's young pieces spread out all over the place with the ability to call up prospects and have more depth and more versatility. I think we are just very, very well built, excuse me, not only in the sense of look at all the talent we have, but we have versatility. We have so much just ability. Obviously, Duran Costas. Bregman, all these guys have so much abilities in themselves, but again, Duran is a young piece who can play really anywhere in the outfield. He'll play the majority of center field, we understand. Raffaella is a five-tool player who can play in the infield as well as anywhere in the outfield. He has decent speed to cover ground. Abreu is another great young piece who can play anywhere in the outfield. Again, great speed, great range, a good arm. He's going to be able to carry the load anywhere you put him in the outfield. anywhere. Yoshida, primarily a left fielder, had injuries to his shoulder, his throwing shoulder specifically, and because of that, he's been playing D8. He's a quality bat. If it falls off, Morrissey does mention in this MLB Network tweet, if you listen to the actual video tagged below, and I believe it's about 90 seconds long, if not just a minute longer. He mentions one of the two things that we're going into Fort Myers with, in the spring training with, is the idea of possibly moving. Again, if Devers is going to move from third base, he has to go to DH because we do still have Casas, and it would be too drastic to move Casas. And I don't believe there's any reason to move Tristan Casas in the sense of a trade to another team for other assets. I don't believe it was worth it. Earlier in the offseason, it was a conversation. At this point, as currently constructed, there is no reason to move The young piece in Tristan Casas, who should be our first baseman for the foreseeable future. But again, if we move Devers to DH and move Bregman back to third base, where do we put Yoshida? Because again, we do have a surplus of talent that we can use in the outfield already. Would we prefer Yoshida? I'm leaning the other way. I like the young pieces that we have in Abreu, Rafaela, Durant, obviously, as well as others. What do we do with Yoshida if we can package him and get rid of his heavy contract and move Devers back to DH or to DH I should say and allow Bregman to move back to his original position at third base? I think this is one of the best rosters in all of baseball. I know no one's competing with the Dodgers in that sense. But again, when we step on the diamond and when things start actually going on and we're playing baseball games and we're in the thick of it, do not sleep on this Red Sox team as Breslow has cooked. And I know we were killing him all offseason long because the lack thereof moves. We're talking to this guy. We're talking to that guy. Finish the deal! Do it! Finish it! And you finally did it, and it's substantial. If you would have missed on Bregman, I mean this. We would have been the biggest losers of the entire offseason in the sense of, we talked to all these guys, we never finished it. We never got those guys. And again, if the Cubs would have got them, or if anyone else would have got them, we would have been the biggest loser in that situation if we do not land Alex Bregman. Again, and it just, I mentioned this at the very end of the last video discussing the Bregman contract and the Bregman situation. But we got our aura back. There is something going on with the Red Sox. This is what we needed. This is exactly what we needed. John Henry's wife posted this. This is what we needed. There's a little bit of swag to it, if you will. There's just an aura. There's just a mojo about it. And it really feels like it's substantial. And it's not just... The fan base, it feels like it's involved in the organization. It's the players. It's all of the moving parts. It's all the pieces to the puzzle, and I can't wait to see how this all looks on the diamond. I'm just itching for baseball at this point. I can't. Thank you guys for watching. I'll see you guys on the next one. I'm so excited. I'm so happy we got Alex Bregman. I'll see you guys on the next episode of Red Sox Digest. Thank you guys for watching.