MLB Insider Ranks Alex Bregman As Top Trade Candidate Ahead Of Deadline
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Hunter Mulholland is a Newsweek contributor based in St. Louis, Missouri. His focus is MLB Content. Hunter has been with Newsweek since April 2025 and previously worked at Fansided and STL Sports Central. He is a graduate of Westminster College (MO). You can get in touch with Hunter by emailing h.mulholland@newsweek.com.
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Despite Alex Bregman signing a three-year $120 million contract with the Boston Red Sox over the offseason, if the team believes that he is leaning toward enacting his opt-out in the offseason, the Red Sox may look to move the third baseman if they are not in the hunt.
The Red Sox have already made one headliner trade this season and entering Wednesday sit 2 1/2 games out of the final wild card spot.
BOSTON, MA – MAY 19: Alex Bregman #2 of the Boston Red Sox at bat against the New York Mets during the game at Fenway Park on May 19, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. BOSTON, MA – MAY 19: Alex Bregman #2 of the Boston Red Sox at bat against the New York Mets during the game at Fenway Park on May 19, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images
Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan of ESPN ranked Alex Bregman as the No. 1 trade candidate, but only with a 10% chance of being traded. After the trade of Rafael Devers, it had become apparent that no matter what, the Red Sox wanted to make this a home for Bregman at third base without any noise or internal issues.
Bregman has been an elite hitter in Major League Baseball since he arrived in 2016, but with multiple opt-outs as well as a $40 million per year price tag, the list of suitors will be quite small compared to other trade candidates.
The Red Sox likely have no intention of moving Bregman at this point, but teams like the Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers need help at third base, and if he were to become available would be serious contenders in the sweepstakes.
With the Red Sox in contention now, it is difficult to see them moving Bregman, but if they lose a wheel in the race before July, watch for the bidding war to begin for the All-Star’s services at the hot corner.
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