The reunion that plenty of reporters and insiders around MLB saw as inevitable has not come to fruition this offseason. Alex Bregman has signed, but not with the Boston Red Sox.
Bregman and the Chicago Cubs have agreed on a five-year, $175 million contract, first reported by MLB insider Jon Heyman of the New York Post. The Cubs and Red Sox were reportedly among the final teams left in his market — the Toronto Blue Jays were likely to leave the market after their signing of corner infielder Kazuma Okamoto and the Arizona Diamondbacks couldn't take on the addition payroll after their decision to keep Ketel Marte.