{"id":94682,"date":"2025-09-18T07:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=94682"},"modified":"2025-09-18T07:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:09:10","slug":"mlb-insider-reveals-red-sox-chances-at-reunion-with-79-million-mvp-candidate-are-now-slim-to-none","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=94682","title":{"rendered":"MLB insider reveals Red Sox&#8217; chances at reunion with $79 million MVP candidate are now slim to none"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>MLB insider reveals Red Sox&#8217; chances at reunion with $79 million MVP candidate are now slim to none originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Boston Red Sox will probably be looking for another slugger this offseason, as they\u2019ve realized their offense crumbles without their rookie sensation, Roman Anthony. The Sox were linked to a former member of the team in Kyle Schwarber, but now it seems unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>According to The Athletic\u2019s Ken Rosenthal, Schwarber\u2019s current team, the Philadelphia Phillies, are very likely to re-sign them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0Red Sox flamethrowing rookie Payton Tolle receives new position with team after two mediocre starts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe expectation is that designated hitter Kyle Schwarber will remain with the Philadelphia Phillies. A four-year deal at $30-million plus per season seems realistic, in part, because his leadership adds to his value. But there is no obvious free-agent precedent for Schwarber, who will be 33 at the start of next season,\u201d Rosenthal wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Sox may be able to match that projected contract, as they freed up a massive amount of cap space when they traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants. However, the Sox also plan on re-signing Alex Bregman if he opts-out of his contract, who will command a huge contract.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0MLB insider predicts Red Sox manager Alex Cora will be a finalist for prestigious coaching award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, Bregman is having a massive slump in this final month of the regular season, so he may opt-in for one more year. If that happens, the Sox could sign Schwarber to a better deal than the Phillies. And, even if the Sox go through with a re-sign of Bregman, they still could go for Schwarber with their extra cap space.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully the Sox can find a way to get Schwarber back in Boston, as his bat power would be a definite upgrade for the Sox\u2019 streaky offense. Boston is so close to having a championship team, and Schwarber could be the key.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE\u00a0BOSTON RED SOX\u00a0NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MLB insider predicts Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman will win prestigious award after having legendary season<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MLB analyst believes Red Sox will have to get &#8220;irrational&#8221; to keep Alex Bregman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Red Sox predicted to try to overpay $79 million MVP candidate to bring him back to Boston<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This shouldn&#8217;t stop the Sox from trying anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":94683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[238,47,2514,2017,1889,49,703,761,73,1819],"class_list":["post-94682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-alex-bregman","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-ken-rosenthal","tag-kyle-schwarber","tag-payton-tolle","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-rafael-devers","tag-roman-anthony","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-the-sox"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MLB insider reveals Red Sox&#039; 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