Alex Bregman will be a free agent after the 2024 season, but that doesn't mean the Houston Astros are willing to trade their star third baseman now to try to recoup assets in case they can't re-sign him.

"I think most teams understand that we're not moving Bregman," Astros general manager Dana Brown told reporters Monday from the winter meetings in Nashville, Tennessee. "I don't know where this whole Bregman rush is coming from, but it's certainly not coming from us because we need Bregman. He's a pillar for this club."