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The whole new acronym thing

Drive me effing pen and can we call him by his way

Shelter and Maness

On 985 the Sports Hub

Jeff, it's a lot of money Not a lot of years, but it's a lot of money. How did this deal get done?

It got done, Kevin, because it is a lot of money. And the expectation in the industry over the last

couple of days was that Nolan Aronado, the third basement for the St. Louis Cardinals, was a

likelier candidate to be traded to

the Boston Red Sox, but the Red Sox, they approach this in a very simple way. They are going to

fire their best bullet at Alex Bregman and see if he will take it. And $40 million a year says a lot.

Now, you have to understand a year says a lot.

Now, you have to understand, there's a lot of deferred money in here.

And the deferrals are going to take the average annual value of the contract down. But still, he was looking for a long-term deal.

He had six years on the table.

But the six-year average annual value was closer to $27, $28 million,

and to go out and get $40 million to go and play second base potentially with the Boston Red Sox

was just too much for him to turn down.

And a Boston offseason that includes the trade for Garrett Crochet and signing of Walker Bueller

looks even better now, adding a bat to this lineup that already was pretty strong kept in last season.

Jeff Passon, ESPN, on the signing of Alex Breggman, joining the Red Sox last night.

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