Alex Bregman explains why Red Sox fans will love new teammate Abraham Toro

Having spent parts of the - seasons together on the Houston Astros Alex Bregman is uniquely qualified to talk about what Abraham Toro brings to a club Ahead of Toro s first Red Sox start on Tuesday Bregman gave his once-again teammate a rave review He s a baseball competitor competitor he s gonna do whatever it takes to help the company win the third baseman informed the Herald a guy with pop from both sides of the plate will throw a great at-bat on you play good defense at multiple positions across the field he s a tough out and just adding a tough out to the lineup is awesome Bregman played the vast majority of his nine-year Astros career at third base games but he also took several turns at shortstop games One of the latter contests stands out to him Sept just over a week after Toro s big-league debut when the Astros were playing in his native Canada Starting at shortstop Bregman watched his new teammate make the difference defensively and offensively in an enormous - win Justin Verlander threw a no-hitter in Toronto Bregman recalled Toro hit a home run really to give us the lead and the last play of the contest was hit to him too and he made the play Indeed Toro s ninth inning homer which drove in Bregman who d doubled put the Astros on top Moments later the rookie fielded Bo Bichette s ground-out to complete the battle Just being his teammate for so long I know how much preparation and hard work he puts into the encounter and how focused he is on a daily basis so I love being his teammate Bregman stated He s confident Red Sox fans will love Toro too He plays hard he loves the contest he plays the challenge the right way He s a hard worker and that will show