Rob Bradford

Yeah, well, I don't think you have to be – the cynic wouldn't even have to come out with you.

I think just a logical person would have to come out with you and just say, hey, you went into this offseason.

You professed that your goal was to get top of the rotation pitching and a middle-of-the-order bat.

And they can say, well, Wilson Gutierrez is that guy.

That's fine, but I don't think he's necessarily that guy, especially when you go after your plan A. I mean, this is the thing.

Their plan A, undeniably, was Alex Bregman.

Undeniably.

So you can miss out on Pete Alonso, have the excuse for that.

You can miss out on other guys, or Bo Bichette, you can have the excuse for that.

Alex Bregman was your plan A. And if you're the Boston Red Sox, and you know that you have to get plan A via free agency, and you do not get him, then that's a problem, as we saw.

Because their pivot immediately was,

something that definitely was not their plan A, which was to double down on run prevention.

So, yeah, I'm totally with you.

They'll get somebody, but certainly I don't think it'll be a dilemma.

I mean, I don't know.

Maybe they'll trade for somebody out of nowhere, but right now it doesn't seem like it's going to be close to as effective as a guy like Bregman was.

Yeah, so you hear Isak Paredes from Houston.

That's a guy, as you mentioned, Suarez.

The problem is, and you could go Brennan Donovan, obviously, with the Cardinals.

The problem is that there's no really perfect solution here for what they would need.