Jones & Keefe: Rob Bradford on Alex Bregman's future in Boston

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00:00All right, as of November 12th,

00:01what do you think is going to happen with Alex Bregman?

00:06I still, I don't, I think there's not a great chance,

00:11less than 50% chance that I think he comes back.

00:14I don't know why.

00:15Wow.

00:16Yeah, yeah.

00:17I mean, I think that he's going to find much more of a market

00:21than he did last year.

00:24And I think the Red Sox are probably going to play chicken with him

00:27like they did last year, which worked out for them.

00:30But now you're hearing teams like Philadelphia get in the mix.

00:35And without the qualifying offer attached,

00:39you know, you have the comp of the Matt Chapman contract.

00:41So it's like, it's not like you can't get his six-year deal.

00:45I mean, Matt Chapman got it.

00:46It's almost the exact same age.

00:48So I'm just a little wary that the Red Sox are going to play chicken

00:52like they did last year.

00:53And they're going to, they're going to, and then Bregman's going to say,

00:57well, you know what?

00:57I didn't have to rely on Detroit.

00:59I didn't have to rely on Kansas City.

01:01I can rely on Dave Dombrowski or another big market team.

01:05So that's why I say, I still think that obviously there's still a strong

01:09chance he comes back.

01:11But once you get other teams involved for this guy at that price,

01:16you know, you have to either say, this is what we value at,

01:20and we're willing to pay you, which they didn't last year,

01:24or you're going to be willing to let him go.