The Boston Red Sox will receive draft pick compensation if either sign elsewhere this offseason.
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Red Sox may need to get creative to upgrade outfield
Commentary: Aaron Judge isn’t likely to end up in Boston, but there are options via free agency and trades.
MLB notebook: Paxton exercises $4M player option, returns to Red Sox
Veteran starting pitcher James Paxton decides to stay with Boston after the team declined a two-year, $26 million club option.
Moving on from beloved Xander Bogaerts is not the Red Sox best move
Commentary: There are options for Boston if it doesn’t sign its longtime shortstop, but none of them are as good.
MLB notebook: Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts opts out of contract
Bogaerts is now a free agent after opting out of the remaining three years on his contract.
Red Sox notebook: Bloom says talks to keep Bogaerts will start ‘right away’
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.
Red Sox finish season with series sweep against Rays
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.
Bogaerts’ slam lifts Boston to rain-shortened win over Tampa Bay
Nathan Eovaldi pitches five scoreless innings as the Red Sox win their second straight over the Rays, 6-0.
Red Sox notebook: Devers ‘not very happy with my season overall,’ expects more in future
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.
Red Sox rally to beat Rays, snap three-game skid
Boston scores three in the sixth, then takes the lead in the seventh, and Rich Hill strikes out six as Boston wins, 4-3.