Sam Kennedy says Alex Bregman ‘needs to be right here’ with Pink Sox
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“That’ll all handle itself. He needs to be right here, we wish him to be right here, and I’ll go away it at that.”
Alex Bregman and the Pink Sox are staying centered on the duty at hand: successful a pivotal three-game house collection towards 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 current weeks in relation to his future with the Pink Sox and the choices out there to him this offseason if he needed 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 best facet 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 needed 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 droop” — 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 certain 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 scorching nook), Boston may be confronted with a troublesome resolution 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 mentioned that Passan’s report got here as a shock to him.
“That’ll all handle itself,” Kennedy mentioned. “He needs to be right here, we wish him to be right here, and I’ll go away it at that. … We have been all shocked 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 house 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 needs to desk potential contract talks with the Pink Sox till the offseason.
“Clearly, we’re open to speaking [when the season is over],” Bregman advised Healey “However for the subsequent few months, I’m simply actually centered on the baseball. … “I’m simply centered on attempting 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 must be.”
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