Red Sox Strike Pre-Arbitration Deals With 23 Players Ahead of 2025 Season

The move is significant, with all players within Boston's Major League roster signed for the 2025 season. Headlining the group is a pair of young superstars for the Red Sox, first baseman Tristan Casas and outfielder Wilyer Abreu. Both players signed a one-year, $800,000 deal with the club, per Spotrac. Casas will enter his first year of arbitration next season and owns a .830 OPS in 222 MLB games. Meanwhile, Abreu finished sixth in the AL Rookie of the Year voting in 2024. He also collected his first Gold Glove Award and posted a 3.4 bWAR.

Speedster David Hamilton, catcher Connor Wong, and former top prospect Vaughn Grissom also signed one-year pre-arbitration deals with the Red Sox on Friday. Hamilton and Wong are likely ticketed to make the Opening Day roster, while Grissom could be the odd man out in the infield. Grissom was the return in the trade that netted the Atlanta Braves star lefty pitcher Chris Sale. 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, round out the 23 players to strike a deal on Friday. Meanwhile, on the same day, the Red Sox moved Perales and Garcia to minor league camp.