As the Boston Red Sox look to add a potent bat or two to their 2026 lineup, the names that keep popping up are a trio of free-agents: Alex Bregman (first and foremost), Pete Alonso, and Kyle Schwarber. One player who has barely made any headlines in connection to Boston is 34-year-old slugger Eugenio Suárez, who was the hottest commodity at last season’s trade deadline and ended up getting moved from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Seattle Mariners.
Suárez is now a free agent, and while the Red Sox are unlikely to sign him, they’re more than likely monitoring his market closely in case negotiations with Bregman or Alonso go south. Boston is widely considered the front-runner to snag Bregman, and many feel the Red Sox are the Mets’ top competition for Alonso.
That being said, getting both guys might be a tall ask, as noted on Sunday by Bleacher Report’s Kerry Miller. This is where Suárez might factor into Boston’s equation.
“Signing Alonso and re-signing Alex Bregman is probably asking too much,” Miller wrote. “But at least at third base, there are other quality options out there. They could give Alonso something like four years, $110M and then target either Kazuma Okamoto or Eugenio Suárez for a good deal less than what Bregman would cost.”
Suárez is getting up there in age, but the guy hit 49 homers last year and was an All-Star for the second time in his career. He’s a bona fide slugger who’s only hit less than 30 homers in a season once over the past five years.
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Suárez probably isn’t being talked about enough as a potential Red Sox addition, especially given his lower price point. He might not be among Boston’s top targets, but that doesn’t mean he can’t contribute a ton to winning in 2026 and be a righty bat that thrives at Fenway Park.
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