It is Niko Wednesday. That means Rob Nikovic will be here at 820 and we will talk all things Patriots and all things NFL with the former New England Patriots linebacker.

By the way, this John Heyman report on Alex Bregman is troubling.

And I can't for the life of me figure out John Heyman with the post is reporting that Alex

Bregman will be opting out.

Noted career stooge for Scott Boris.

Okay. So I will take that with a grain of salt.

Well, no, but that's, he got the info from Scott Boris at his client.

That's pretty good. Yeah. So it's, you don't think it's the, like the, the end of the negotiation,

like the last thing that Boris is trying to do and trying to get them all

riled up here you think it's happening 1,000 percent and i don't get it like all i heard was

from him he loved it here oh god how old are you right it's all about the bag brother

it's all about the bag that's it's all about the bag um so. It's all about the bag. That's it. It's all about the bag. So it's two years, 80 million? So what is he left? Yeah, so what's he looking for, you think? Four years 160. Yeah, he's probably looking for another two on top of that. You know? Well, they can keep, they could reach deep into the pocket of John Henry. Is it worth it, though? Excuse me. Well, do you think somebody else is going to give that to him? Right. I don't know. I mean, does he get a pass on the fact that he got hurt? No. No, because it's the second time he's had that injury. Yeah, it hurts him more than anything. Right. Injury with age is only going to hurt him moving forward. But this is why in season, I know it wasn't likely that if you come and meet with Bregman and you say, hey, you're doing great. We've waited to get you back. I know you're still coming back from an injury. It seems like your family loves it here. How about three years 150 to add on to the end of this year? Yeah. Now that you're here, and let's say that there isn't a big market. Wiggy, you know this better than anybody. If you're going to have to take the same or less, you're far less likely to do that where you are. If you feel offended by the team you're with, you're going to go to the team that's offering the same to go elsewhere. Yeah. So I... Maybe they did do that, though. You mean, sort of like you were in early with Crochet and you got a team beneficial deal done with Garrett Crochet. Right. But maybe they did do that and he just knows or Scott Borris knows like,

you know, no, we're good at the time. We're going to wait because we have this out. If they were

doing that, the Red Sox would get that out there. If only they had an entity where they could

report, oh, the globe. Yeah. They get everything out there. I mean, we asked Brezbot

10 times. Like, well, hey,

well, hey, Alex Bregman is thinking of opting out. Is it possible that you can get

together with him? Any progress on that? And he said, that does not compute.

No.

But where's... That is a really good question.

Where does Alex Quora fit into this? Because he's the Alex Bregman whisperer. He's very close with him. Good morning. Everybody thought that that was the connection that brought him here, obviously. So during the season, if Bregman wanted that, wouldn't Alex Quora be stepping in saying, hey, we need to get this done? I think everybody's hitting the panic button. Nobody's going to give him a four-year deal.

I think his best offer is probably going to come from the Red Sox.

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