I disagree some on if the Red Sox were serious about retaining Bregman. Your definition of serious, and Breslow’s definition of serious most likely are two different things. I think Breslow was pretty sure of himself, and found out he shouldn’t have been. Alonso signed a month before Bregman did, so he was off the table, and when Bregman went to Chicago Breslow spent most of Bregman’s money on Ranger. Not the plan, but, because of the plan.