The Red Sox were considered to be among the favorites to land top free agents Pete Alonso or Kyle Schwarber entering this week’s Winter Meetings. Instead, they watched the star sluggers sign five-year deals with different teams.

As Boston left Orlando empty-handed in its search to add power to its lineup, one agent thinks he knows why the Red Sox weren’t able to get Alonso or Schwarber.

“They don’t believe in long-term deals,” a “prominent” agent told MassLive’s Sean McAdam .

While the contracts Alonso and Schwarber received might not look like super long-term commitments compared to some of the other top deals across MLB, they’re both longer than any deal Craig Breslow has given a free agent since he became Boston’s chief baseball officer in 2023. They’re also richer in value than an

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