The Major League Baseball offseason is long and that leads fans and analysts alike to grasp at as many straws as possible when looking at prominent players in free agency. At the end of the day, contract talks behind closed doors are what get deals done. Rumors and reports and speculation pop up all over the place and people try to make sense of it all, but baseball is a business and really what ends up being important is what people don’t see behind the scenes. If you like our content, choose Sports Illustrated as a preferred source on Google . That’s why it’s so easy for some to jump to conclusions or make something out of potentially nothing. For example, shortly after the Boston Red Sox acquired Sonny Gray on Tuesday, fans noticed that Alex Bregman updated his profile picture on Instagram to be a new photo of him donning a Boston jersey. Alex Bregman has changed his pfp on Instagram to a new photo of him in his Red Sox uniform, good sign hopefully for him staying with the organization pic.twitter.com/VxRNTcfVWR — Rob Anglin (@fadelinez_) November 25, 2025 Unsurprisingly, this caught some fans’ attention. Will the Red Sox
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