Alex Bregman and the Boston Red Sox agreed to a $120 million, three-year contract, according to multiple reports Wednesday.
Bregman can opt out after the 2026 and 2027 seasons to become a free agent again.
A two-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion during nine years with Houston, the 30-year-old third baseman is coming off one of his poorest offensive seasons. He hit .260 with 26 homers and 75 RBIs in the final season of a $100 million, five-year contract while winning his first Gold Glove. His 19 postseason home runs are tied for sixth in major league history.
Bregman was selected by Houston with the second overall pick in the 2015 amateur draft, made his big league debut a year later and hit .284 with 19 homers, 71 RBIs and 17 stolen bases in 2017. He had four homers and 10 RBIs in the postseason as the Astros won their first World Series title, a championship marred when a MLB investigation revealed the team used banned electronics to steal opponents’ signs.
Bregman had RBIs in his first five World Series games, homering off Clayton Kershaw in the opener and Kenley Jansen in Game 4, and hitting a walk-off 10th-inning single against Jansen in Game 5.
Bregman was fifth in AL MVP voting in 2018 and second to Mike Trout in 2019, Bregman’s two most productive years at the plate. He batted .286 with 31 homers, 103 RBIs and a major league-leading 51 doubles in 2018, then set career highs the following season with a .296 average, 41 homers, 112 RBIs and a major league-leading 119 walks.
He walked just 44 times this year with a 23.6% chase rate, his highest since 2017.
Bregman has a .272 average with 191 homers and 663 RBIs in nine big league seasons.
