{"id":555455,"date":"2026-02-05T03:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T03:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/555455\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T03:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T03:55:15","slug":"isiah-kiner-falefa-joins-red-sox-on-one-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/555455\/","title":{"rendered":"Isiah Kiner-Falefa joins Red Sox on one-year contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

Isiah Kiner-Falefa\u2019s tour of the American League East has reached Beantown.<\/p>\n

The former Yankees infielder has agreed to a one-year deal with the Red Sox, The Post\u2019s Jon Heyman confirmed<\/a> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Kiner-Falefa\u2019s deal, which was first reported by MassLive\u2019s Chris Cotillo, is worth $6 million.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"IsiahIsiah Kiner-Falefa, who spent two seasons with the Yankees, is set to join his third AL East squad after reportedly agreeing to a deal with the Red Sox. MLB Photos via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The soon-to-be 31-year-old split last season between the Pirates and Blue Jays, serving as a versatile bench piece down the stretch for the AL champions.<\/p>\n

Kiner-Falefa was involved in one of the most talked-about plays<\/a> of the World Series after pinch-running for Bo Bichette in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7.<\/p>\n

With a conservative secondary lead at third base, he was thrown out at home by Dodgers second baseman Miguel Rojas \u2014 who made a diving stop \u2014 on a ground ball hit by Daulton Varsho, coming inches away from scoring the winning run of the World Series. Toronto fell in extra innings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey told us to stay close to the base,\u201d Kiner-Falefa told reporters after the instant classic. \u201cThey didn\u2019t want us to get doubled off in that situation with a hard line drive. They wanted a smaller lead and a smaller secondary, so that\u2019s what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Between Pittsburgh and Toronto, the 2020 AL Gold Glove winner at third base slashed .262\/.297\/.334 with two home runs and 40 RBIs in 138 games.<\/p>\n

\"WillIsiah Kiner-Falefa came within inches of scoring the winning run in Game 7 of the World Series last season. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Kiner-Falefa, who has experience at every position outside of first base, gives Boston added flexibility after losing All-Star third baseman Alex Bregman<\/a> in free agency to the Cubs.<\/p>\n

He previously spent two uneven seasons with the Yankees from 2022-23 after being acquired alongside Josh Donaldson<\/a> in a blockbuster trade with the Twins.<\/p>\n

During his time in pinstripes, \u201cIKF\u201d \u2014 who began his tenure at the team\u2019s starting shortstop \u2014 hit .253\/.311\/.333 with 10 home runs and 85 RBIs in 255 games.<\/p>\n

Kinfer-Falefa departed The Bronx for a two-year, $15 million contract with Toronto ahead of the 2024 season, only to be traded to Pittsburgh at that year\u2019s trade deadline.<\/p>\n

After the Yankees toyed with the idea of a reunion<\/a> at last year\u2019s trade deadline, the Blue Jays were the ones to re-acquire Kiner-Falefa as a late-August waiver claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Isiah Kiner-Falefa\u2019s tour of the American League East has reached Beantown. The former Yankees infielder has agreed to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2375],"tags":[5,141,48,2542,2057,4,2046,62,89,2543,185,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-555455","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-isiah-kiner-falefa","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-mlb-free-agency","15":"tag-new-york-yankees","16":"tag-red-sox","17":"tag-redsox","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-toronto-blue-jays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116016010191849262","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555455","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=555455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}