With free agency ready to pick up, shortstop Xander Bogaerts hasn’t closed the door on returning to the Red Sox, Sam Kennedy says.

The Boston Red Sox will receive draft pick compensation if either sign elsewhere this offseason.

Commentary: Aaron Judge isn’t likely to end up in Boston, but there are options via free agency and trades.

Veteran starting pitcher James Paxton decides to stay with Boston after the team declined a two-year, $26 million club option.

Commentary: There are options for Boston if it doesn’t sign its longtime shortstop, but none of them are as good.

Bogaerts is now a free agent after opting out of the remaining three years on his contract.

Shortly after the World Series ends, Xander Bogaerts will have to decide whether or not to exercise the opt-out clause in his contract and become a free agent.

J.D. Martinez homers twice in what could be his final game for Boston – along with Dennis Eckersley and, maybe, Xander Bogaerts – as the Red Sox win, 6-3.

Nathan Eovaldi pitches five scoreless innings as the Red Sox win their second straight over the Rays, 6-0.

Rafael Devers played through a hamstring injury, but isn’t using that as an excuse for his slump in the second half of the season.