Alex Bregman believes the Boston Red Sox are setup to compete right away following his free agent signing. Bregman has opt-outs after each of the first two seasons, he spoke like he plans on remaining with the organization long term.
\"I\'m a winning player. This is a winning organization,\" Bregman said at Sunday\'s news conference introducing him after he signed a three-year, $120 million contract. \"Those players are winning players. We have winning coaches here. I plan on winning here after talking with some of the guys over the last two days. I can see that there\'s something special here.\"
The Red Sox were 81-81 last year after consecutive last-place finishes and have made the playoffs once in the past six years after winning the 2018 World Series.
\"We entered the offseason with a pretty clearly defined punch list of things that we were hoping to achieve,\" Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said. \"We talked about adding to the top of our rotation. We talked about rebuilding our whole pen, improving our infield defense and adding a right-handed bat to balance out our lineup. And as the offseason progressed, it just became clearer and clearer that Alex was the perfect fit for what we were trying to accomplish.\"
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