An hour after the Red Sox’s season ended Thursday night, Alex Bregman was still in uniform, seemingly hesitant to let the 2025 season -- and perhaps his time in Boston? -- officially come to its conclusion.

Bregman can opt out of the final two years and $80 million -- $40 million of which is deferred -- of the three-year, $120 million deal he signed with the Red Sox last February. According to a source, it’s a near certainty that Bregman will opt out and test free agency for a second straight year, this time without a qualifying offer attached to him.

Bregman’s annual average salary of $40 million, even with the deferrals, puts him in elite company, though he’ll be entering his age-32 season in 2026, giving him incentive to find a deal that takes him past ‘27.

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