Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Avoids arbitration with Red Sox
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The Red Sox and Duran avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $7.7 million contract Tuesday, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.
The team had an $8 million option on Duran, but it will give him a $100,000 buyout instead and bring him back at a slightly lower salary than what the option would have paid him. Duran will remain under club control through the end of the 2028 season. The 29-year-old outfielder slashed .256/.332/.442 with 16 home runs and 24 stolen bases across 157 regular-season contests for Boston in 2025.
Duran isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Tigers, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.
The Red Sox will use Saturday as a chance to rest many of their starters after securing a trip to the postseason Friday, which means Duran will retreat to the bench while Masataka Yoshida starts in left field and Rob Refsnyder serves as the DH.
Duran went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and a run scored in Saturday's 6-3 win over Tampa Bay.
After Duran helped win a game Friday with a two-run HR, he used his legs Saturday. He scored the game's first run in the third inning when he singled, stole second, then advanced to third and again to home on wild pitches by Rays starter Adrian Houser. The stolen base was Duran's 24th and the run scored his 84th of the season. Now that he's back in the leadoff spot, Duran could be good source of steals and runs over the final week of the regular season.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Goes deep in win
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Duran went 2-for-6 with a two-run home run and an additional run scored in Friday's 11-7 win over the Rays.
Duran gave the Red Sox a lead they wouldn't relinquish with a two-run shot in the seventh inning. The 29-year-old has hit safely in eight of his past 10 games, tallying six extra-base hits, five RBI, six runs scored and a stolen base during that stretch. For the year, he's slashing .261/.335/.452 with 16 homers, 82 RBI, 83 runs scored and 23 steals across 663 plate appearances.
Duran hit a pinch-hit solo home run in Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Yankees.
Duran launched his first career pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning, bringing the Red Sox within one run before the comeback bid ended. It was his 15th homer of the season and first in 11 games.
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