After nine seasons with the Houston Astros, Alex Bregman is leaving to join the Boston Red Sox. While the deal is still not official, the longtime Astros third baseman wrote a message of thanks and an apparent goodbye on social media to the City of Houston,

The Boston Red Sox signed star third baseman Alex Bregman this week. Bregman spent nine seasons with Houston, the team that eventually drafted him.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla — A new era started in silence, save for the slapping of hands and some tired ballplayers bolting to breakfast. Unopened boxes towered over troves of empty lockers inside a cluttered clubhouse still preparing for most position players to report.