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Scott Boras says he, Alex Bregman are ‘waiting until the offseason’ before making opt-out decision
“We’re at the point now where you wait until the offseason and see what transpires. … He has enjoyed it there.”
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Alex Bregman’s future with the Red Sox will be determined after this season.
Bregman’s agent, Scott Boras, said he and his client are going to “wait until the offseason” to decide between remaining with Boston for another year or entering free agency for the second consecutive offseason.
“We’re at the point now where you wait until the offseason and see what transpires,” Boras told WEEI.com’s Rob Bradford this week. “Obviously, I think he’s very open about it. He has enjoyed it there. The team has more defined promise than it did a year ago. With free agency, you have to see how things go.”
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Bregman, 31, signed a three-year, $120 million contract with the Red Sox in February. The deal includes an opt-out after the 2025 and ‘26 seasons.
The third baseman is batting .279 with an .836 OPS, 16 home runs, and 57 RBI in 2025. Bregman got off to a hot start with his new team at the beginning of the year before a quad injury sidelined him for nearly two months.
Since returning to game action on July 11, he’s batting .257 with a .727 OPS, five home runs, and 22 RBI. Bregman has collected 48 total hits and struck out 20 times in the 50-game span.
Aside from his season stats, Bregman has had a major impact on Boston’s young players, who make up a large part of its roster. A recent story from The Boston Globe’s Tim Healey detailed Bregman’s assistance with pitchers and catchers despite being strictly a position player. Bregman called catchers Carlos Narvaez and Connor Wong to his hotel room during a June road trip to discuss ways to improve some of the team’s pitchers.
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A July story by The Athletic’s Jen McCaffrey outlined Bregman’s leadership role, especially with the Red Sox’ many rookies. Roman Anthony and Marcelo Mayer said Bregman helped them settle into and experience big-league success before suffering injuries. Mayer referred to Bregman as being like a coach to him and Anthony.
Additionally, team president Sam Kennedy said Thursday that Bregman “wants to be here (in Boston)”.
“That’ll all take care of itself,” Kennedy said on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show”. “He wants to be here, we want him to be here, and I’ll leave it at that.”
ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan reported earlier this month that he anticipates Bregman will opt out, “barring an injury or catastrophic slump.”
“Bregman is bound to get the five-year-plus deal at an average annual value of $35 million-plus that eluded him last winter,” Passan wrote on Sept. 4.
The Red Sox and Bregman have not discussed the contract situation during the season. It appears that it will stay that way with a handful of regular season games left on the schedule.
Because of that, Kennedy said he was “surprised” to hear Passan’s report about Bregman’s upcoming decision.
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“We were all surprised by that report given, you know, we just haven’t had discussions with Alex about anything other than the goal at hand right now with what’s in front of us these next 15 games,” Kennedy said.
Passan made an appearance on Underdog Fantasy’s “Baseball Is Dead” podcast and elaborated on his report regarding his anticipation that Bregman will opt out.
“He’s having a really good season for a big-market team that adores him inside of that clubhouse. And when you are a player, the only thing that matters to you going into free agency is, ‘What kind of leverage do I have?’” Passan said. “And if he has the leverage of the Boston Red Sox … if he has the respect of the entire clubhouse and has become a leader to the point where Sam Kennedy will go on local radio and say that, ‘It is important to us to keep him around, we want to,’ when all of those things are there, it’s great for Alex Bregman, because he has the ability to opt out and then come back to Boston. Or he has the ability to opt out and look at what the rest of the market holds and take that back to Boston and say, ‘I want to be here, but I wanna be here on my terms.’”
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