#RedSox add 14 non-roster invitees to 2026 Spring Training roster: INF: Mikey Romero INF/OF: Max Ferguson, Tyler McDonough OF: Allan Castro, Braiden Ward C: Nate Baez, Ronald Rosario C/1B: Nathan Hickey RHP: Tayron Guerrero, Seth Martinez, Wyatt Olds, Noah Song, Jacob Webb LHP: Jeremy Wu-Yelland

Wouldn't have minded a reunion with Cooper Criswell, who was DFA'd by #Mets earlier this week. Instead, he'll go to #Mariners. Criswell, 29, pitched to a 104 ERA+ in 33 #RedSox appearances (19 starts) from 2024-25.

#RedSox Ranger Suárez earlier today: "When you come here to Fenway Park and you have the chance to pitch on the same mound that Pedro Martinez, Roger Clemens, Babe Ruth threw off of, you get that energy from that experience." Says he finds that history personally motivational.

#RedSox Breslow today: "It's really important that we improve our defense." Says "I would argue we have the best defensive outfield in baseball, but we led the league in errors last year." Says "Any additions that we may make we'll be very mindful of the defensive skill set."

#RedSox Baseball Boss Breslow at Ranger Suárez' introduction today: "There are multiple paths to improving the team. I don't think there's a question anymore that the identity of our team, the strength of our team, is going to be our pitching and our ability to prevent runs."

#RedSox make it official, announce they've signed left-handed pitcher Ranger Suárez to a 5-year contract through the 2030 season with a mutual option for 2031.

Congratulations to Carlos Beltrán & Andruw Jones, elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame with 84.2% and 78.4% of the votes, respectively. #RedSox Dustin Pedroia got 20.7% of the vote, up from 11.9% in 2025. 75% is needed for election. Manny Ramírez (38.8%) eliminated from ballot after 10 years.

News from Jersey Street: the team announces local home improvement company as "the Official Roofing Company of the Boston #RedSox." That's all for now.

Former #RedSox Mookie Betts says he plans to retire after his contract with #Dodgers ends in 2032. “I’ll be 40, my little girl will be 14, my son will be 10,” Betts says. “My parents were always there, and I want to do that same thing for my kids.”

What an atmosphere! What a night.

After missing out on Kyle Tucker, Bo Bichette is heading to #Mets on a 3-year deal says The Athletic’s Will Sammon via Twitter.

Former #RedSox Alex Bregman, introduced in Chicago today: "Two most important things to me are my family and winning baseball games. From the beginning of the off-season, the Cubs expressed to me that they wanted me to be here. They were committed to that and committed to my family."

Measure it how you like, #RedSox still need to fill the offensive hole they've dug by losing out on Alex Bregman (3.3 Offensive WAR, 125 wRC+). Bo Bichette: 4.7 oWAR, 127 wRC+ Ketel Marte: 4.3 oWAR, 145 wRC+ Eugenio Suarez: 4.3 oWAR, 125 wRC+ Nico Hoerner: 4.5 oWAR, 109 wRC+

Suárez signing comes with additional costs. He rejected a qualifying offer from #Phillies, so when deal is done, #RedSox will lose 2nd and 5th draft picks as well as international bonus dollars. PHI will get a compensatory draft pick.

Ground Ball Rate National League Since 2024 1. Andre Pallante, 60.5% 2. Cristopher Sánchez, 58.4 3. Logan Webb, 55.8 4. Quinn Priester, 55.6 5. David Peterson, 53.5 6. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, 51.7 7. RANGER SUÁREZ, 50.6 8. Bryce Elder, 49.1 9. Paul Skenes, 47.6 10. Edward Cabrera, 47.5 #RedSox

xwOBA Allowed #MLB Lefty Starters Since 2023: 1. Tarik Skubal, .254 2. Chris Sale, .272 3. Cristopher Sánchez, .288 4. Max Fried, .289 5. RANGER SUÁREZ, .299 6. Jesús Luzardo, .301 7. Andrew Abbott, .303 8. Framber Valdez, .305 9. Carlos Rodón, .309 10. Yusei Kikuchi, .316 Minimum 6500 pitches

#RedSox Ranger Suárez among National League starters in 2025: 2nd for average EV allowed (86.5 MPH) 2nd for hard-hit rate (31.7%) 5th for expected wOBA (.278) 5th for expected SLG (.352) 6th for expected OBP (.279) 9th for expected AVG (.226) Minimum 2250 pitches

New #RedSox Ranger Suárez limits hard contact. In 2025, he ranked in 98th percentile for hard-hit rate (just 2% of qualified #MLB pitchers were better). Was also in 95th percentile for average exit velo allowed, 89th for barrel rate, 84th for expected ERA.

#RedSox to sign left-hander Ranger Suárez to 5-year, $130 million deal with no opt-outs according to multiple reports. Suárez, 30, is an 8-season #MLB veteran, all with #Phillies. 2024 All-Star was 12-8 with a 3.20 ERA/1.220 WHIP/137 ERA+ in 26 starts for PHI last season.

From Devers to Bregman to nothing. Make it make sense.

No matter how much we paint Boras as a bogeyman, a key part of the job of a front office is to understand the market and get deals done. It’s what they sign up for. It’s may not be easy, but it’s the job. #RedSox consistently miss out. It’s not an outlier, it’s a pattern.

#RedSox logic for moving on from Rafael Devers was to create payroll flexibility for a free agent such as Alex Bregman or Bo Bichette. Bregman is now off to #Cubs and Red Sox Nation is still waiting for the front office to make a move.

Former #RedSox Alex Bregman to sign with #Cubs in 5-year deal says NY Post’s Jon Heyman. BOS remains the only #MLB team unable or unwilling to land a free agent so far this offseason.

Never short on confidence, #RedSox Triston Casas still hopes to contribute in 2026. “I definitely believe in my abilities and think they’re up there with the best in the game,” Casas says. “I’ve just got to be on the field, stay healthy."

Jon Lester, Johnny Damon, Mike Timlin to be inducted into #RedSox Hall of Fame later this season (date to be announced). Also to be inducted will be the late Sherm Feller, who was the public address announcer from 1967 to 1993 ("Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to Fenway Park").

#RedSox avoid arbitration with right-handed pitcher Kutter Crawford, agree to one-year deal for 2026.

#RedSox add 7 non-roster invitees to 2026 Spring Training: Catcher Jason Delay Infielder Vinny Capra Right-handed pitchers Osvaldo Berrios, Hobie Harris, Devin Sweet Left-handed pitchers Alec Gamboa, T.J. Sikkema

Christmas Eve has always been the most festive day of the year for my family. Tomorrow, we rest and recover—and eat 😊 Best wishes to you, fans, no matter how you're spending this December 25th.

#WhiteSox sign former #RedSox Sean Newcomb to a one-year deal. Newcomb, a Brockton, MA native and 9-season #MLB veteran, appeared in 12 games for BOS in 2025 (5 starts) with a 3.95 ERA and 1.766 WHIP.

Former #RedSox free agent Rob Refsnyder signs on with #Mariners for 2026. Reliable Refsnyder, 35 by Opening Day, played 4 seasons with BOS, slashing .276 AVG/.364 OBP/.440 SLG in 309 games. Refsnyder's .596 SLG vs lefty starters last year was 4th-best in #MLB (minimum 100 PA).

In 2025, new #RedSox Willson Contreras ranked in 95th percentile for bat speed (only 5% of qualified #MLB players were faster). Also, 87th for expected wOBA 86th for barreled ball rate 83rd for hard-hit rate Was in 91st percentile for Outs Above Average. Downside: 23rd percentile for whiff rate.

We're 60 days from 2026 Spring Training games.

#RedSox and #Rockies are the only #MLB teams yet to sign a major free agent.

New #RedSox Willson Contreras, 34 in May, is a 10-season #MLB veteran and 3-time All-Star. Debuted with #Cubss in 2016 and played 7 seasons there frollowed by last 3 at #Cardinals. Last 3 seasons slashed .261 AVG/.358 OBP/.459 SLG with a .361 wOBA and 127 OPS+.

Multiple reports that RedSox will acquire #Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras. BOS will send right-handed pitcher Hunter Dobbins and additional pitching prospects to STL. STL to pay a "substantial" part of Contreras' salary reports USA Today's Bob Nightengale.

#RedSox acquire minor league left-handed pitcher Jake Bennett, 25, from #Nationals in exchange for minor league right-handed pitcher Luis Perales, 22.

#Diamondbacks add yet another former #RedSox as reliever Isaiah Campbell inks a minor league deal there. Campbell, 28, came to BOS in 2023 from #Mariners for Luis Urías. He made 14 rough appearances with BOS (2024-25) with an overall 11.30 ERA, 2.093 WHIP, and 73 ERA+.

Former #RedSox Dustin May signs on with #Cardinals as first reported by ESPN's Jeff Passan via Twitter. BOS sent 2 minor leaguers to #Dodgers at last year's trade deadline for May, who recorded a 5.40 ERA and 1.694 WHIP in 6 BOS games of 2025.

#RedSox still staring at their shoes as busy #BlueJays ink veteran reliever Tyler Rogers to a 3-year, $37 million deal. Rogers turns 35 years old next week. He compiled a 1.98 ERA/0.944 WHIP in 81 appearances (13 starts) between #Giants and #Mets in 2025.

#RedSox acquire minor league right handed reliever Ryan Watson from #Athletics for minor league infielder/outfielder Justin Riemer and cash. OAK picked Watson in today's Rule 5 Draft. He spent 2025 at #Giants Triple-A affiliate with a 4.26 ERA/1.461 WHIP in 46 appearances.

So far, as other teams make deals and sign free agents, #RedSox Baseball Boss Breslow is talking, as he did at least year's trade deadline, about how hard it is to make deals.

Any hopes of #RedSox landing slugging first baseman Pete Alonso are dashed as #Orioles are finalizing a 5-year, $155 million deal says ESPN's Jeff Passan on Twitter.

#RedSox sending Vaughn Grissom to #Angels says ESPN's Jeff Passan on Twitter. MassLive's Chris Cotillo adds, the deal is for a minor league player.

Hopes of a #RedSox reunion with Kyle Schwarber dashed as #Phillies close in on a five-year, $150 million deal according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Twitter.

#Rays said to be signing former #RedSox lefty reliever Steven Matz to a 2-year deal. Matz, 35 next May, appeared in 21 games for BOS (2.08 ERA, 0.877 WHIP) in 2025 after arriving from #Cardinals at the trade deadline.

After receiving less than 5 votes on the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee ballot, former #RedSox ace Roger Clemens (as well as Barry Bonds, Gary Sheffield, and Fernando Valenzuela) won't be eligible for Hall of Fame consideration by the committee again until 2031.

Right-handed pitcher Cooper Criswell, designated for assignment by the #RedSox yesterday, has been claimed by #Mets. BOS had DFA'd Criswell for roster space for the newly acquired Johan Oviedo.

Also coming to #RedSox from #Pirates is lefty reliever Tyler Samaniego, age 26, and Bronx-born catcher Adonys Guzman, 22, who was a 5th-round pick for PIT in 2025 #MLB Draft. Samaniego went 3-3 with a 3.99 ERA, 1.043 WHIP with appearances at Rookie, A, High-A, and 20 Double-A games.

New #RedSox Johan Oviedo is a 5-season #MLB veteran who missed all of 2024 after undergoing Tommy John Surgery. Cuba native returned to action last August, going 2-1 with a 3.57 ERA, 1.215 WHIP, and 121 ERA+ in 9 starts for PIT.

#RedSox work a trade with #Pirates for right-handed starter Johan Oviedo says ESPN's Jeff Passan via Twitter. BOS will send Jhostynxon Garcia to PIT as part of the deal. Mass Live's Chris Cotillo says BOS also gets 2 other prospects and send rookie-level pitcher Jesus Travieso to PIT.