MLB Rumors: Red Sox In Talks With Big Free Agent Power Bat

December 10, 2025 , ,
Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora walks into the field during 2025 game.

The Boston Red Sox went into the winter meetings hoping to land a true middle-of-the-order hammer, with Kyle Schwarber and Pete Alonso sitting at the top of that wish list. 

Schwarber is now locked back in with the Philadelphia Phillies, and Alonso’s future remains uncertain, so Boston is widening its search. 

According to multiple reports, the Red Sox have held internal discussions and early talks with Eugenio Suarez’s camp, viewing the veteran slugger as a fallback option at third base if Alex Bregman signs elsewhere, or as a potential first-base complement if Bregman stays put.

Suarez’s Power Bat And Fit In Boston

Suarez is coming off a monster season in which he crushed 49 home runs and drove in 118 runs between the Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks, earning another All-Star nod and reminding everyone he still has elite game power. 

The trade back to Seattle came with some swing-and-miss and on-base concerns, as his OBP dipped under .300 and the strikeouts piled up, but the raw thump is exactly what the Red Sox have been chasing. Fenway Park is tailor-made for a right-handed slugger who can drive the ball in the air, and it is easy to imagine Suárez flirting with 50 homers again if things click. 

Contract projections vary from something like two years and $30 million to a richer multi-year deal, but he profiles as a shorter-term, high-impact bat rather than a massive, decade-long commitment. 

Where Suarez Fits In The Red Sox Offseason Plan

Boston’s dream scenario likely still involves retaining Bregman and landing Alonso, locking in star power at both corner infield spots. 

If that does not materialize, Suarez becomes a more realistic swing: he could step in as a direct replacement for Bregman at third, or slide to first base while Bregman holds down the hot corner, giving the lineup serious power on both sides of the infield. 

The risk is that his declining walk rate and strikeout profile drag down his on-base production, but the upside is a relatively affordable, short-term solution who instantly raises the lineup’s home run ceiling. 

As the top of the power market thins out, Eugenio Suárez looks like one of the most logical backup plans for a Red Sox front office that clearly does not want to leave this offseason without adding a legitimate 30-to-40-homer threat. 

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