WEEI Afternoons: Why Alex Bregman ended up with the Red Sox

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00:00Yeah, well, I mean, not 40 million, though.

00:02Like, that was the first thing that jumped out at me when that contract got announced

00:06last night.

00:07Like, holy crap.

00:0849.

00:09I know it's three years.

00:10It's not eight years or anything like that.

00:12But 40 million a year, like, the Astros, rather, were never going there.

00:17And the Astros made a decent, what turned out to be, obviously, a competitive offer

00:22the way his market shaped up.

00:23They offered him six years and nearly $160 million.

00:26He, in the end, from what I've heard, did not want to take what, as far as average annual

00:33value goes, would be a pay cut.

00:35He made, like, $28 million last year.

00:37So what the Astros were offering was about $26 million and something.

00:41He wanted $30 million a year, from what I've heard talking to people.

00:44And that was a big sticking point with him, is that $30 million a year.

00:47Now, obviously, the Red Sox went above and beyond, and he got the opt-outs in there,

00:51as well.

00:52By the way, I think there's zero chance he's opting out of that deal.

00:54I don't think he's getting $40 million from anybody, anywhere.

00:57I think that'll be a three-year, $120 million deal, and then he'll be back on the market

01:01in three years.

01:02So the opt-outs, to me, are just window dressing.

01:04But I think it came down to money, like, at the end of the day.

01:07And I think the Astros had a number, and they weren't moving off that number.

01:11And they left the deal out there for a long, long time for him to take if his market didn't

01:15coalesce the way it did.

01:16But it came together, and I think he got a great deal out of this.

01:19Like, he ends up coming out of this looking really good.

01:21And I agree with you guys.

01:22I heard you talking about that.

01:23He's going to love playing at Fenway Park.

01:25He's going to absolutely love playing in Boston.