Bregman’s 19 postseason home runs are sixth-most in major league history. He was selected by Houston with the second overall pick in the 2015 amateur draft, made his major league debut a year later and hit .284 with 19 home runs, 71 runs scored and 17 stolen bases in 2017. He had four home runs and 10 runs batted in in the postseason as the Astros won their first World Series, a championship marred when a Major League Baseball investigation revealed that the team had used banned electronic devices to steal opponents’ signs. Bregman recorded an RBI in his first five games of the World Series, hitting home runs against Clayton Kershaw in the opener and Kenley Jansen in Game 4, and hitting a decisive single in the 10th inning against Jansen in Game 5. Bregman finished fifth in AL MVP voting in 2018 and second to Mike Trout in 2019, the two years Bregman was most productive at the hitting position. He batted .286 with 31 home runs, 103 runs batted in and a major-league-leading 51 doubles in 2018, then set personal records the following season with a .296 average, 41 home runs, 112 runs batted in and a major-league-leading 119 walks. Because he turned down a $21.05 million qualifying offer from the Astros, they will receive an additional pick after the fourth round of July’s amateur draft. Houston lost its second- and fifth-highest picks when it signed Christian Walker. Boston would lose its second-highest pick by signing Bregman and forfeit its $500,000 international signing bonus. After posting an 81-81 record and failing to reach the playoffs for the third straight season, the Red Sox also added pitchers Walker Buehler, Garrett Crochet, Patrick Sandoval, Aroldis Chapman and Justin Wilson during the off-season.