The deadline for MLB golf equipment and arbitration-eligible gamers to alternate wage figures is that this Thursday, and heading into the week the Crimson Sox had 5 gamers beneath workforce management who remained unsigned.
Tuesday morning the Crimson Sox had been in a position to maintain enterprise with a kind of gamers with a few days to spare.
The Crimson Sox introduced they’ve reached a one-year take care of right-hander Kutter Crawford to keep away from arbitration. A supply confirmed the deal is for $2.75 million, which is identical as what Crawford was paid in 2025.
The membership’s 4 remaining unsigned gamers are right-handers Tanner Houck and Johan Oviedo, utility participant Romy Gonzalez and first baseman Triston Casas. If any of these gamers and the Crimson Sox don’t attain a deal by Thursday, the 2 sides will submit wage proposals to an arbitrator, who will decide the participant’s wage for 2026.
Crawford is coming off a misplaced season during which he missed the complete yr attributable to a collection of accidents. The 29-year-old began the season on the injured listing attributable to proper patellar tendinopathy, which stemmed from a knee damage he pitched via for almost all of 2024 and aggravated throughout the offseason.
Whereas rehabbing that damage, Crawford later suffered an unrelated proper wrist damage that he mentioned occurred whereas performing upkeep round his home. Crawford underwent season-ending surgical procedure to reconstruct the stabilizing sheath of the extensor carpi ulnaris in early July and completed the yr on the 60-day IL.
Previous to these accidents, Crawford loved one of the best season of his MLB profession, making a career-high 33 begins with 183.2 innings whereas posting a 4.36 ERA in 2024. Crawford is predicted to be totally wholesome in time for spring coaching and might be amongst these competing for one of many final spots within the Crimson Sox’s beginning rotation.
