According to USA Today's MLB insider Bob Nightengale, Bregman has no interest in taking a short-term deal in free agency. "Free agent third baseman Alex Bregman still has no interest in a short-term contract and seeks a six- or seven-year deal," Nightengale wrote on X.

The only known offer for Bregman has come from the only team he's played for, the Houston Astros, who are said to still have on the table the six-year, $156-million offer they made him before free agency began. That would give him an annual average salary of $26 million, when he made $30.5 million in 2024. In other words, that'd be a pay cut.