Alex Bregman Breaks Silence After Leaving Red Sox For Cubs

The Boston Red Sox had a bully time wide connected Wednesday, but location was a spot of melancholy nan end.

Boston struck successful free agency by signing Ranger Suárez to a five-year deal. It's difficult to inquire for overmuch much from a pitcher's position for nan organization. But connected nan aforesaid day, nan Chicago Cubs announced their five-year, $175 cardinal woody pinch Alex Bregman officially. On Wednesday night, Bregman took to Instagram pinch a connection for Red Sox Nation.

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"To Boston, it was an grant to play for a metropolis that shares nan aforesaid passion and emotion for nan crippled arsenic I do," Bregman wrote. "You welcomed by family pinch unfastened arms and we will ever beryllium grateful for nan support you gave us. To my teammates, coaches, AC, it was an absolute honor. Alex."

Bregman was everything nan squad could've hoped for successful 2025. Boston reportedly offered nan All-Star a five-year, $165 cardinal woody without a no-trade clause and dense deferrals. On nan different hand, Bregman landed a five-year, $175 cardinal woody pinch a amended deferral payout schedule and a no-trade clause.

Alex Speier of nan Boston Globe shed immoderate ray connected nan process down nan scenes.

"The Sox felt assured successful their five-year, $165 cardinal offer, but internally, wanted to debar bidding against themselves alternatively than upping their bid astatine nan commencement of nan twelvemonth successful an effort to adjacent retired a deal," Speier wrote. "It turned retired nan Sox would person been bidding not against themselves but nan field. And erstwhile again, nan section won, this clip pinch nan Cubs ... racing past nan Sox pinch their five-year, $175 cardinal connection that included some less deferrals than nan Sox and a afloat no-trade clause. (Per manufacture sources, nan statement pinch nan Cubs was presented to nan Sox arsenic a fait accompli, without a chance to counter.)"

It's unfortunate really things ended. Boston made a awesome move by pivoting to Suárez. But it's difficult to not wonderment what could've been.

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