{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_uv7enns2pkmi36xnvbkq","title":"Red Sox infield preview: Can Contreras replace Bregman's production?","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/red-sox-infield-preview-can-contreras-replace-bregmans-production-uv7enns2pk","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_uv7enns2pkmi36xnvbkq","seq":1416938,"kind":"article","title":"Red Sox infield preview: Can Contreras replace Bregman's production?","url":"https://www.nbcsportsboston.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/infield-preview-willson-contreras-2026/769335","summary":"The Boston Red Sox infield will look much different in 2026. Veteran third baseman Alex Bregman was a one-and-done in Boston as he left for the Ch i cago Cubs in free agency. He’ll likely be replaced at the hot corner by either Marcelo Mayer or newcomer Caleb Durbin. First baseman Willson Contreras and utility man Isiah Kiner-Falefa have also entered the equation. The Red Sox traded for Contreras to address their need for a right-handed bat, and later signed Kiner-Falefa as…","published":"2026-10-02T19:33:23Z","seen":"2026-10-02T19:33:23Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-nbcsportsboston-com-e91a43","name":"nbcsportsboston.com","domain":"nbcsportsboston.com"},"via":"kite-nbcsportsboston-com-e91a43","topics":["boston","post"],"authors":["Justin Leger"],"entities":[{"id":"Q213959","name":"Boston Red Sox","type":"org"},{"id":"Q120173634","name":"Contreras","type":"person"},{"id":"Q13220426","name":"Rob Bregman","type":"person"}],"image":"https://media.nbcsportsboston.com/2026/02/Contreras_Willson_GettyImages-2261138487-e1771458567179.jpg?fit=1280,720&quality=85&strip=all","story":"st_uv7enns2pkmi36xnvbkq","category":"sport","category_p":0.8399999737739563,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.009999999776482582,"political":0.019999999552965164}]}