{"id":540340,"date":"2026-01-27T09:30:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/540340\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:30:59","slug":"red-sox-reportedly-sign-top-free-agent-pitcher-to-massive-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/540340\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Reportedly Sign Top Free Agent Pitcher To Massive Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Sox have made their first real free agency signing of the offseason \u2014 and it\u2019s a big one.<\/p>\n<p>Boston on Wednesday agreed to a deal with left-handed starting pitcher Ranger Suarez, according to multiple reports. Insider <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/2011517337363759357\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jon Heyman<\/a> of the New York Post was the first to report news of the Red Sox signing Suarez, who was arguably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/best-mlb-free-agents-remaining-2025-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the top pitcher<\/a> left in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Heyman added that Suarez\u2019s contract <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/2011520157819269254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">is worth $130 million<\/a> over five years. Chris Cotillo of MassLive noted the deal <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisCotillo\/status\/2011523181346243008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">doesn\u2019t include<\/a> any opt-outs or no-trade clauses.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a significant investment from the Red Sox, who likely will pencil Suarez in as their No. 2 starter behind ace Garrett Crochet.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Red Sox rotation: <\/p>\n<p>Garrett Crochet<br \/>Ranger Suarez<br \/>Sonny Gray<br \/>Brayan Bello<br \/>Johan Oviedo<\/p>\n<p>Now the question becomes\u2026 is someone getting shipped out for a bat? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EVRADCMgdj\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/EVRADCMgdj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyler Milliken (@tylermilliken_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tylermilliken_\/status\/2011518644552155138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Suarez, 29, spent the first eight seasons of his career with the Philadelphia Phillies, including the last four as a full-time starter. From 2022 through 2025, Suarez went 38-29 with a 3.59 ERA and 1.287 WHIP in 104 starts. He made the National League All-Star team in 2024 when he posted a 3.46 ERA across 27 starts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The focus now will turn toward what the Red Sox will do with their remaining surplus of starting pitchers.<\/p>\n<p>With Crotchet, Suarez, Sonny Gray and Brayan Bello seemingly locked into spots, there are few left for the likes of Johan Oviedo, Payton Tolle, Connelly Early, Kyle Harrison, Patrick Sandoval and Kutter Crawford. Something has to give.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Boston also still must address multiple holes on the diamond, including one in the infield left by Alex Bregman, who recently signed with the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n<p>But there is still plenty of time for the Red Sox to sort out those problems. For now, fans can celebrate a major addition to what now looks like one of the best rotations in baseball.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Red Sox have made their first real free agency signing of the offseason \u2014 and it\u2019s a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2375],"tags":[5,141,48,2542,4,90,89,2543],"class_list":{"0":"post-540340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-red-sox","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-red-sox","11":"tag-bostonredsox","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-ranger-suarez","14":"tag-red-sox","15":"tag-redsox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115966370370679129","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}