The scouting reports I see say Bregman has a good glove and arm, and that the main knock on his defense at SS is range. That sounds like it would probably play at 3B. He also evidently will be starting at 3B in the minors on Friday. Looking at his numbers, he is on fire right now; I know he was supposed to move quickly but he is killing the ball in AA and with a lot more power than I expected. I wouldn't be disappointed if we got Bregman back in a deal.
I mentioned this in the other Teheran discussion, but how would you guys feel about something like this:
Red Sox get: Teheran, Markakis
Braves get: Benintendi, Swihart, Sandoval, $24 million
It fills two needs for us with prospects who are close to the majors, while the Red Sox get out from under the Sandoval contract and have an OF that lets Brock Holt go back to being a super sub. I think the Sandoval/Markakis swap is interesting also because it allows for some creativity in how the payout is structured (I have no idea if this is actually ever done). We could, in theory, send money to the Red Sox for Markakis in 2016/2017 since those are likely dead years for us anyway (especially with this year's weak FA class), then get it back plus the extra money in the following years when we're actually (hopefully) competitive. Or we could try to send them Olivera too.