According to reports, the Houston Astros are interested in keeping their free-agent third baseman, Alex Bregman. He's still waiting for the right offer to come along, but in the meantime the Astros "final" offer to Bregman is still on the table.(Six years, $156 million.)

If Bregman circles back to make a deal with Houston owner Jim Crane, and the Red Sox miss out on him, the Sox would have more urgency to make a trade for Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado.

I explain all of this and more -- including a couple of Arenado predictions from a national site -- in the latest Bernie Miklasz Show.