BREAKING: Red Sox Strike Pre-Arbitration Deals With 23 Players Ahead of 2025 Season
The Boston Red Sox are shifting their focus to baseball, finalizing contracts with 23 pre-arbitration players on Friday. This ensures that all players on Boston’s Major League roster are signed for the 2025 season.
Leading the group are first baseman Tristan Casas and outfielder Wilyer Abreu, both signing one-year, $800,000 deals, per Spotrac. Casas, who will enter arbitration next year, holds a .830 OPS across 222 MLB games. Abreu, who finished sixth in AL Rookie of the Year voting in 2024, also won his first Gold Glove and posted a 3.4 bWAR.
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Other notable signings include speedster David Hamilton, catcher Connor Wong, and former top prospect Vaughn Grissom. Hamilton and Wong are expected to make the Opening Day roster, while Grissom’s role remains uncertain. He was part of the trade that sent lefty ace Chris Sale to the Atlanta Braves.
The Red Sox agreed to terms with the following players on one-year contracts for the 2025 season: pic.twitter.com/OP8v0Bh2vd
— Chris Henrique (@ChrisHenrique) March 7, 2025
The full list of signed players includes Brennan Bernardino, Cooper Criswell, Hunter Dobbins, Richard Fitts, Jhostynxon Garcia, Romy Gonzalez, Luis Guerrero, Chris Murphy, Zach Kelly, Carlos Narvaez, Zach Penrod, Luis Perales, Quinn Priester, Blake Sobel, Justin Slaten, Nick Sogard, Greg Weissert, and Josh Winckowski. Additionally, the Red Sox reassigned Perales and Garcia to minor league camp on Friday.