Perhaps both Bregman and his agent, Scott Boras, will be satisfied with the final result of this winding free-agent saga. For now, Boras appears peeved at Bregman’s incumbent team, at least based on recent comments to The Athletic’s Chandler Rome.

On Monday, in a news conference introducing first baseman Christian Walker to the club, Houston general manager Dana Brown said the Astros had hoped to re-sign Alex Bregman, the team's third baseman for the last nine seasons,