{"id":75603,"date":"2025-08-09T22:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T22:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=75603"},"modified":"2025-08-09T22:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T22:00:17","slug":"red-soxs-alex-bregman-contract-update-can-double-80-million-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=75603","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox&#8217;s Alex Bregman contract update can double $80 million decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Red Sox&#8217;s Alex Bregman contract update can double $80 million decision originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alex Bregman has a decision to make.<\/p>\n<p>After this season, the Boston Red Sox star can opt out of his contract. There&#8217;s a lot of money on the line.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>If Bregman sticks with his deal, he&#8217;d make $80 million (with deferred money) over the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>If not, he&#8217;s got a chance to double up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0<\/strong>Mookie Betts admits &#8216;this season&#8217;s over&#8217; after brutal struggles<\/p>\n<p>MLB Trade Rumors writer Steve Adams thinks Bregman could approach $160 million in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only position players in the past decade to secure contracts of five-plus years beginning at age 32 are\u00a0Lorenzo Cain,\u00a0DJ LeMahieu\u00a0and\u00a0Freddie Freeman,&#8221; Adams writes. &#8220;LeMahieu\u2019s contract was stretched to six years for luxury tax purposes. Freeman got six years but with deferred money. Even on a five-year deal, Bregman would have a case for $150MM or more. Six years could very well be attainable, as could $200MM. Regardless, Bregman has a chance to top Freeman\u2019s $162MM guarantee and take home the largest free agent deal we\u2019ve ever seen for a player starting in his age-32 season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Bregman reportedly had six-year offers last offseason from the Astros and Tigers but went with the shorter-term deal with Boston.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0<\/strong>Yankees legendary pitcher rips single off another New York great<\/p>\n<p>This season, Bregman is hitting .295 with 15 homers and 20 doubles despite missing time with an injury.<\/p>\n<p>Someone will pay him big, assuming he opts out. The remaining question is just where that money will come from.<\/p>\n<p>The opt-out protects Bregman if he happens to get hurt late in the year. Otherwise, there should be no suspense on that decision. He&#8217;ll likely be a free agent, and then the real suspense begins.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE MLB NEWS:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of choices to make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":75604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[238,323,47,2904,885,750,2903,2902,1079,2901,1198],"class_list":["post-75603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-alex-bregman","tag-astros","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-contract","tag-dj-lemahieu","tag-freddie-freeman","tag-lorenzo-cain","tag-mlb-trade-rumors","tag-mookie-betts","tag-steve-adams","tag-yankees"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Red Sox&#039;s Alex Bregman contract update can double $80 million decision - 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