Scott Boras Gives Odd Comparison Linking Red Sox To Pete Alonso

MLB’s Winter Meetings are off and running, which means we’re getting all sorts of weird anecdotes from super agent Scott Boras.

It’s what he does best…

Boras, whose active clients have signed nearly $5 billion worth of contracts, represents some of the top free agents available this offseason — Alex Bregman, Ranger Suárez, Cody Bellinger and Pete Alonso.

Alonso might start going by something else after hearing the way he was described on Tuesday, though.

“The numbers illustrate that Pete hits really well (at Fenway Park),” Boras told reporters, according to MLB.com’s Ian Browne. “Sees the ball well. Big man in small quarters. It’s nice to be the redwood tree in the forest, I guess.”

Pete “The Redwood” Alonso? Baseball Reference has some updates to make…

Alonso, of course, has been heavily tied to Boston — as it represents perhaps the likeliest landing spot after he slashed .272/.347/.524/ with 38 home runs and 126 runs batted in, while topping the National League with 41 doubles — tied with Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson — in 2025.

Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow has remained steadfast in his approach to the offseason — his team needs to add power to the middle of the lineup, and few options are better than Alonso after the Philadelphia Phillies reportedly retained Kyle Schwarber.