If Bregman truly has multiple 5 year offers on the table and his standing 6/156 with the Astros I feel like he would’ve signed already.

If he doesn’t return to Houston, I feel like he wants Boston, just on his terms.

If they don’t go past 4 yrs fine, but it’s time to move on a RH bat now.

I’ve never been big on Bregman this offseason but agreed, have to find some kind of RH bat to stick between Devers and Casas.

Sox fans…how we feeling at this moment?

I don’t understand the fans that think that spending well into the tax penalties is the only way of having a good offseason.

I’m not really sure why many #RedSox fans are so sure that Alex Bregman is going to sign in Boston

Overall hard to not look at this as win for Breslow and co. Teel and Montgomery are tough pills to swallow, Meidroth could very well be a starter for the White Sox on opening day at 3B/2B and Wikelman could be a late innings reliever, but none of it matters. #RedSox got their ACE.

Cannot wait to see the full package back for Crochet. But this is absolutely a MASSIVE first step in a successful #RedSox offseason.

I think Sam Kennedy needs to be blasted to the moon and never to be heard from again in regards to the #RedSox. Every time he speaks it’s lip service. He also should have 0 say in roster construction. Let your baseball minds handle those decisions

I’m glad, I am genuinely puzzled by fans that think adding one of those two would be a good allocation of resources.

Also, if the plan is to make them a 3B to push Raffy to 1B/DH, you’re essentially taking yourself out of the Vladdy sweepstakes next offseason. You can find a competent RHH with a significantly lower acquisition cost.

Just feels to me like Story 2.0. Pushed him off of his natural position at SS when there was no pressing need. They both hit RH so sure they balance the lineup but I have little confidence that either of them will live up to the contract that they get. Kind of like Trevor Story.

How could I forget the other top 10 prospect in baseball MIF we have in Mayer. Still think we need more infielders??

Why? Story, Grissom, Hamilton, Campbell, Valdez, Rafaela, Sogard, Meidroth isn’t enough depth

The amount of times I’ve heard/seen Willy Adames and Alex Bregman being tied to the Sox is very concerning.

As unpopular as Aroldis Chapman is amongst #RedSox fans, public perception doesn’t win games.

He’s the best LH reliever this team has had in some time.

Other than the fact that Chapman is a well documented piece of shit, I can’t argue the logic here.

Relievers are so volatile year over year and even as good as Tanner Scott has been, going with a 1/~11 MM deal isn’t a bad bet.

Scott has plenty of suitors, I’d bet he gets 4yrs at 18-22MM annually

All of these fake “reporter” Red Sox fans are sure making it easy for the rest of the baseball world to dunk on Sox fans if/when Soto doesn’t sign in Boston.

Minus Snell now obviously, but this is even more true now with the ridiculous amount of people choosing to believe fake reports they see about Soto.

We would all be thrilled to sign him, but the amount of bullshit being spewed on Twitter currently is insanity.

That being said, it would be incredibly funny to see Passan break a Soto to Boston and have to give credit to the people who “make up stories”

Very funny how many people say “won’t believe it until Passan says it” and then when Passan speaks and it doesn’t fit their narrative, they suddenly believe the rando “news breakers”

More just commenting on the need to solidify the rotation like Price did is all but exactly, you just need a presence at the top of the rotation and the rest of the rotation looks a lot better with everyone else down one peg.

They overpaid for David Price going into the 2016 season and it gave a young roster/rotation some credibility at the top.

Argue all you want about his tenure in Boston, you don’t win in 2018 without Price.

My top choice all along has been Fried. His arsenal and pitchability suggest to me that he will age the best out of the bunch.

Just get it done. I don’t care what the total $$ is, this is not the offseason to wait around for the “perfect” deal to fall into your lap. Spend the damn money.

Blake Snell is such a good fit with the #Dodgers. His inability to handle a full seasons workload will be masked well with the sheer number of quality SP options in LA.

$36M over 5 years might seem like an overpay, but if you really want the player, you go to the lengths it takes to get it done.

Now officially have to react to the market. Don’t love it!!!

Signing Adames bc you missed out on a SP would be one of the worst possible scenarios of the offseason.

Throwing money at a problem that doesn’t exist because you failed to address the team’s actual problems (front line SP) might be more frustrating than doing nothing at all last offseason.

Well, there’s the first domino to fall. Can’t miss out on Fried/Burnes now. Don’t let Juan Soto be the reason you miss out on the actual need of this team this winter.