Spring training begins next month and the Boston Red Sox are the only team in MLB that hasn't signed a major league free agent despite targeting the same one all winter.
Boston still has Alex Bregman in its sights and the competition for his services is rumored to be dwindling. The Detroit Tigers aren't expected to be serious bidders, the Arizona Diamondbacks don't have the money to sign him unless they trade Ketel Marte and the Toronto Blue Jays opened the new year by signing Japanese corner infield free agent Kazuma Okamoto.
One might assume that Okamoto would take up third base, as Vladimir Guerrero Jr.