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Red Sox BOS

202378–84 (0.481)
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President of baseball ops: Chaim Bloom · GM: Brian O'Halloran

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2023, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$179M
Surplus $M
-68
Win %
0.481
TAB
-8.2
WAB
-5.9
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
27.9
Dead money %
31%
Depth Players
4.0
Dead WAR
-4.6

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2023 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RConnor Wong121
LReese McGuire62
RCaleb Hamilton4
RJorge Alfaro⇄4

1B

LTriston Casas125
RJustin Turner41
RBobby Dalbec15
RPablo Reyes2
RYu Chang2

2B

RChristian Arroyo62
LEnmanuel Valdez47
RPablo Reyes30
RLuis Urías⇄22
RJustin Turner10
RYu Chang4
RCeddanne Rafaela4
RConnor Wong4
LDavid Hamilton2
RBobby Dalbec1
RTrevor Story1

3B

LRafael Devers151
RLuis Urías⇄10
RJustin Turner7
RPablo Reyes4
RChristian Arroyo4
RBobby Dalbec2
RYu Chang1

SS

RTrevor Story36
RYu Chang33
RPablo Reyes31
LDavid Hamilton13
RCeddanne Rafaela5
RChristian Arroyo4
RBobby Dalbec1
LEnmanuel Valdez1
LRafael Devers1

LF

LMasataka Yoshida87
RRob Refsnyder54
LJarren Duran27
LWilyer Abreu12
RAdam Duvall7

CF

LJarren Duran75
RAdam Duvall61
RCeddanne Rafaela20
RRob Refsnyder15
LWilyer Abreu12

RF

LAlex Verdugo140
RAdam Duvall26
RRob Refsnyder6
LWilyer Abreu3
LJarren Duran1

DH

RJustin Turner98
LMasataka Yoshida49
RRob Refsnyder7
RTrevor Story6
RAdam Duvall5
RJorge Alfaro⇄4
LTriston Casas3
RPablo Reyes2
RBobby Dalbec2
LRafael Devers2
RCeddanne Rafaela1
RConnor Wong1
LEnmanuel Valdez1
LJarren Duran1
LRaimel Tapia⇄1
LReese McGuire1
RYu Chang1

Starters

RKutter Crawford2.4 WAR
LChris Sale2.1 WAR
RNick Pivetta1.9 WAR
RBrayan Bello1.6 WAR
RTanner Houck1.2 WAR
LJames Paxton1.0 WAR
RGarrett Whitlock0.8 WAR
RJosh Winckowski0.8 WAR
LBrennan Bernardino0.7 WAR
RJohn Schreiber0.1 WAR
LJoe Jacques0.1 WAR
RNick Robertson⇄0.0 WAR
RTayler Scott⇄-0.1 WAR
LMatt Dermody-0.2 WAR
RJustin Garza-0.2 WAR
RKaleb Ort-0.2 WAR
RCorey Kluber-0.8 WAR

Bullpen

★ RKenley Jansen29 sv
RChris Martin23 h
RJosh Winckowski19 h
RJohn Schreiber10 h
LRichard Bleier2 h
RKaleb Ort1 h
RMauricio Llovera⇄0 h
LJoe Jacques0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 2022)

PlayerfWAR
Adam Duvall1.6
Chris Martin1.5
Justin Turner1.2
Kenley Jansen1.1
James Paxton1.0
Masataka Yoshida0.8

Key subtractions (gone from 2022)

Player2022 fWAR
Xander Bogaerts6.0
Rich Hill1.8
Christian Vázquez1.7
Michael Wacha1.5
J.D. Martinez1.4
Nathan Eovaldi1.0

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Red Sox. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2023; everyone else is shown as a 2023 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Kutter Crawford 2023 +2.4 +28.9 0.7 +28.1 $0.3M 1.49× Arbitration · 2026–2026 · $2.8M AAV
Jarren Duran 2023 +2.5 +24.2 0.6 +23.6 $0.3M 1.22× Arbitration · 2026–2026 · $7.7M AAV
Brayan Bello 2023 +1.6 +18.7 0.7 +18.0 $0.5M 1.49× Pre-arb extension · 2024–2030 · $9.2M AAV
Rafael Devers 2023 +3.5 +35.2 17.5 +17.7 $5.0M 1.25× Extension · 2023–2033 · $31.4M AAV
Triston Casas 2023 +1.8 +11.6 0.7 +10.8 $0.4M 0.81× Arbitration · 2026–2026 · $1.6M AAV
Nick Pivetta 2023 +1.9 +14.5 5.3 +9.2 $2.9M 0.98× Free Agent · 2025–2028 · $13.8M AAV
Tanner Houck 2023 +1.2 +9.7 0.7 +9.0 $0.6M 1.02× Arbitration · 2026–2026 · $4.2M AAV
Alex Verdugo 2023 +1.6 +15.1 6.3 +8.8 $4.1M 1.22× –
Adam Duvall 2023 +1.6 +15.3 7.0 +8.3 $4.5M 1.22× –
Josh Winckowski 2023 +0.8 +8.4 0.7 +7.7 $0.9M 1.34× –
James Paxton 2023 +1.0 +8.3 4.0 +4.3 $3.9M 1.02× –
Wilyer Abreu 2023 +0.6 +4.1 0.2 +3.9 $0.3M 0.83× Pre-arbitration · 2026–2026 · $0.8M AAV
Brennan Bernardino 2023 +0.7 +3.9 0.6 +3.4 $0.8M 0.67× Arbitration · 2026–2026 · $0.9M AAV
Garrett Whitlock 2023 +0.8 +4.3 1.2 +3.1 $1.5M 0.67× Pre-arb extension · 2023–2026 · $4.7M AAV
Pablo Reyes 2023 +0.5 +2.6 0.5 +2.1 $1.0M 0.61× –
Chris Murphy 2023 +0.4 +2.0 0.3 +1.7 $0.8M 0.67× –
Rob Refsnyder 2023 +0.4 +2.8 1.2 +1.6 $2.9M 0.83× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $6.2M AAV
Enmanuel Valdez 2023 +0.3 +1.6 0.3 +1.3 $0.7M 0.56× –
Reese McGuire 2023 +0.5 +2.2 1.2 +1.0 $2.3M 0.52× –
Ryan Sherriff 2023 +0.1 +0.7 0.0 +0.7 $0.2M 0.67× –
Ceddanne Rafaela 2023 +0.1 +0.7 0.1 +0.6 $1.2M 0.83× Pre-arb extension · 2024–2032 · $6.2M AAV
Connor Wong 2023 +0.3 +1.1 0.7 +0.4 $2.7M 0.52× Arbitration · 2026–2026 · $1.4M AAV
Mauricio Llovera↔ 2023 +0.1 +0.7 0.2 +0.4 $1.7M 0.67× –
Raimel Tapia↔ 2023 +0.3 +1.4 1.2 +0.2 $4.7M 0.69× –
Nick Robertson↔ 2023 +0.0 +0.2 0.1 +0.1 $1.8M 0.67× –
Chris Martin 2023 +1.5 +7.9 8.0 -0.1 $5.4M 0.67× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $4.0M AAV
Jake Faria 2023 -0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 – 0.67× –
Zack Littell↔ 2023 -0.0 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 – 0.67× Free Agent · 2026–2027 · $7.0M AAV
John Schreiber 2023 +0.1 +0.5 0.8 -0.3 $8.1M 0.67× Arbitration · 2026–2026 · $3.7M AAV
Caleb Hamilton 2023 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 – 0.52× –
Ryan Brasier↔ 2023 +0.0 +0.2 0.7 -0.4 $15.4M 0.67× –
Zack Weiss↔ 2023 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 – 0.67× –
Jorge Alfaro↔ 2023 -0.1 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 – 0.52× –
Tayler Scott↔ 2023 -0.1 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 – 0.67× –
Dinelson Lamet↔ 2023 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 – 0.67× –
Yu Chang 2023 +0.0 +0.2 0.8 -0.7 $21.3M 0.61× –
Bobby Dalbec 2023 -0.2 -1.0 0.1 -1.1 – 0.56× –
Zack Kelly 2023 -0.1 -0.3 0.7 -1.1 – 0.67× –
David Hamilton 2023 -0.2 -1.1 0.1 -1.2 – 0.61× Pre-arbitration · 2026–2026 · $0.8M AAV
Justin Garza 2023 -0.2 -1.0 0.2 -1.2 – 0.67× –
Matt Dermody 2023 -0.2 -1.4 0.0 -1.4 – 1.02× –
Joely Rodríguez 2023 -0.0 -0.1 1.5 -1.6 – 0.67× –
Justin Turner 2023 +1.2 +6.5 8.3 -1.8 $7.0M 0.69× –
Kaleb Ort 2023 -0.2 -1.1 0.7 -1.8 – 0.67× –
Luis Urías↔ 2023 +0.2 +0.9 2.9 -2.0 $14.2M 0.56× –
Kyle Barraclough 2023 -0.4 -2.3 0.0 -2.4 – 0.67× –
Chris Sale 2023 +2.1 +25.0 27.5 -2.5 $13.1M 1.49× Extension · 2027–2028 · $27.0M AAV
Christian Arroyo 2023 -0.3 -1.3 2.0 -3.3 – 0.56× –
Richard Bleier 2023 -0.1 -0.6 3.5 -4.1 – 0.67× –
Kenley Jansen 2023 +1.1 +11.6 16.0 -4.4 $14.8M 1.34× Free Agent · 2026–2027 · $11.0M AAV
Masataka Yoshida 2023 +0.8 +5.0 15.6 -10.6 $20.7M 0.83× Free agent · 2023–2027 · $18.0M AAV
Enrique Hernández↔ 2023 -1.3 -8.7 6.1 -14.9 – 0.83× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $4.5M AAV
Corey Kluber 2023 -0.8 -6.6 10.0 -16.6 – 1.02× –
Trevor Story 2022–2023 +2.9 +13.1 40.0 -26.9 $13.8M 0.59× Free Agent · 2022–2028 · $23.3M AAV
Brandon Walter 2023 +0.0 +0.2 0.1 +0.0 $4.0M 0.67× Pre-arbitration · 2026–2026 · $0.8M AAV
Joe Jacques 2023 +0.1 +0.3 0.3 -0.0 $5.4M 0.67× –
Total—+30.5+261.6198.3+62.6—

Trades

Every graded 2023 deal involving the Red Sox — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 19 total.

2023 · MIL / BOS Aug 1, 2023
MIL · Matt Arnold +$2.4M
Bradley Blalock
BOS · Chaim Bloom −$2.4M
Luis Urías
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · BOS / STL Dec 8, 2023
BOS · Chaim Bloom +$26.4M
Tyler O'Neill
STL · John Mozeliak −$26.4M
Victor Santos, Nick Robertson
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · BOS / COL Jan 17, 2023
BOS · Chaim Bloom +$0.8M
cash / PTBNL
COL · Bill Schmidt −$0.8M
Connor Seabold
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · BOS / CHW Feb 3, 2023
BOS · Chaim Bloom +$0.0M
Theo Denlinger
CHW · Kenny Williams +$0.0M
Frank German
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · KCR / BOS Mar 19, 2023
KCR · J.J. Picollo +$0.0M
cash / PTBNL
BOS · Chaim Bloom +$0.0M
Angel Pierre
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · BAL / BOS Jan 11, 2023
BAL · Mike Elias +$0.0M
Darwinzon Hernández
BOS · Chaim Bloom +$0.0M
cash / PTBNL
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · KCR / BOS Jun 26, 2023
KCR · J.J. Picollo +$0.0M
cash / PTBNL
BOS · Chaim Bloom +$0.0M
Andrés Núñez
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · BOS / KCR Jan 24, 2023
BOS · Chaim Bloom +$0.8M
Adalberto Mondesí
KCR · J.J. Picollo −$0.8M
Josh Taylor
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · OAK / BOS May 12, 2023
OAK · David Forst +$1.6M
cash / PTBNL
BOS · Chaim Bloom −$1.6M
Pablo Reyes
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · MIA / BOS Jan 30, 2023
MIA · Kim Ng +$0.8M
Matt Barnes
BOS · Chaim Bloom −$0.8M
Richard Bleier
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · BOS / NYM Dec 6, 2023
BOS · Chaim Bloom +$10.4M
Justin Slaten
NYM · Billy Eppler −$10.4M
Ryan Ammons
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · NYY / BOS May 20, 2023
NYY · Brian Cashman +$0.8M
Greg Allen
BOS · Chaim Bloom −$0.8M
Diego Hernandez
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · LAD / BOS Jun 22, 2023
LAD · Andrew Friedman +$0.8M
cash / PTBNL
BOS · Chaim Bloom −$0.8M
Tayler Scott
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · TEX / BOS May 5, 2023
TEX · Chris Young +$0.8M
cash / PTBNL
BOS · Chaim Bloom −$0.8M
Zack Littell
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · BOS / NYY Dec 5, 2023
BOS · Chaim Bloom +$10.4M
Greg Weissert, Nicholas Judice, Richard Fitts
NYY · Brian Cashman −$10.4M
Alex Verdugo
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · BOS / SEA Nov 17, 2023
BOS · Chaim Bloom +$1.6M
Isaiah Campbell
SEA · Jerry Dipoto −$1.6M
Luis Urías
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · BOS / LAD Jul 25, 2023
BOS · Chaim Bloom +$12.8M
Nick Robertson, Justin Hagenman
LAD · Andrew Friedman −$12.8M
Enrique Hernández
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · BOS / SFG Jul 26, 2023
BOS · Chaim Bloom +$0.8M
Mauricio Llovera
SFG · Farhan Zaidi −$0.8M
Marques Johnson
Too soon to call unsettled
2023 · ATL / BOS Dec 30, 2023
ATL · Alex Anthopoulos +$255.2M
Chris Sale
BOS · Chaim Bloom −$255.2M
Vaughn Grissom
Too soon to call unsettled

Current & Historical Payroll

2023 payroll
$178.8M
2024 guaranteed
$73.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 2023, 2023–2029. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2023; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.

current $ guaranteed $ arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent club option player option mutual option vesting option

Guaranteed / signed (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2023202420252026202720282029
Chris Sale3412.061$27.5MFREE AGENT
Trevor Story307.000$20.0M$22.5M$22.5M$25.0MOPT-OUT$25.0M$25.0MCLUBFREE AGENT
Rafael Devers265.070$17.5M$29.3M$15.4M$27.0M$28.5M$28.5M$28.5M
Kenley Jansen3512.072$16.0MFREE AGENT
Masataka Yoshida290.000$15.6M$18.6M$18.6M$18.6M$18.6MFREE AGENT
Corey Kluber3710.074$10.0MFREE AGENT
Justin Turner3812.045$8.3MFREE AGENT
Adam Duvall346.151$7.0MFREE AGENT
Enrique Hernández318.054$6.1MFREE AGENT
James Paxton348.151$4.0MFREE AGENT
Richard Bleier367.000$3.5MFREE AGENT
Garrett Whitlock272.000$1.2M$3.5M$5.5M$7.5M$8.2MCLUB$10.5MCLUBFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (16)

PlayerAgeSvc2023202420252026202720282029
Chris Martin375.133$8.0MFREE AGENT
Alex Verdugo274.078$6.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Pivetta304.166$5.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Urías263.120$2.9MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Christian Arroyo284.036$2.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Joely Rodríguez313.096$1.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Reese McGuire283.027$1.2MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Raimel Tapia295.020$1.2MFREE AGENT
Rob Refsnyder324.048$1.2MARB 3FREE AGENT
Yu Chang274.000$850kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Brasier355.109$678kFREE AGENT
Dinelson Lamet305.070$294kFREE AGENT
Jorge Alfaro305.083$45kFREE AGENT
Zack Littell273.067$39kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Barraclough334.089$19kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jake Faria295.107$8kFREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (28)

PlayerAgeSvc2023202420252026202720282029
John Schreiber292.027$750kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tanner Houck271.100$740kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kutter Crawford270.136$730kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brayan Bello240.082$730kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Triston Casas230.032$724kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zack Kelly280.038$724kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kaleb Ort310.072$722kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Connor Wong270.079$722kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Winckowski250.074$722kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jarren Duran260.160$646kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brennan Bernardino310.005$569kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pablo Reyes291.073$546kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Murphy250.000$314kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Jacques280.000$271kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Enmanuel Valdez240.000$255kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Garza290.102$213kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mauricio Llovera270.155$213kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wilyer Abreu240.000$155kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ceddanne Rafaela220.000$132kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Walter260.000$124kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Dalbec282.081$124kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Hamilton250.000$74kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Robertson240.000$72kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Caleb Hamilton280.064$54kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zack Weiss310.044$46kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan Sherriff332.029$31kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tayler Scott310.125$21kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Dermody320.110$4kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2023 acquisition stacked onto Red Sox's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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