{"id":555844,"date":"2026-02-05T10:40:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/555844\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:40:44","slug":"boston-red-sox-ex-toronto-blue-jay-isiah-kiner-falefa-reach-one-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/555844\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Red Sox, ex-Toronto Blue Jay Isiah Kiner-Falefa reach one-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/boston-red-sox\/226\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/boston-red-sox\/226\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Red Sox<\/a> and infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/isiah-kiner-falefa\/737855\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/isiah-kiner-falefa\/737855\" target=\"_blank\">Isiah Kiner-Falefa<\/a> are in agreement on a one-year deal, according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisCotillo\/status\/2019197060420104342?s=20\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisCotillo\/status\/2019197060420104342?s=20\">was first to report<\/a> a deal between the Red Sox and Kiner-Falefa being close.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Isiah Kiner-Falefa has agreed to a one-year deal with the Red Sox, per source. Deal is pending physical. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisCotillo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ChrisCotillo<\/a> was on it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Feinsand\/status\/2019200483085234219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 30-year-old Hawaii native split last season between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/pittsburgh-pirates\/247\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/pittsburgh-pirates\/247\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/toronto-blue-jays\/238\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/toronto-blue-jays\/238\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>, joining the Jays after being selected off waivers at the end of August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Kiner-Falefa played 19 games down the stretch of the season for the Jays and hit .233 with one home run and five RBI. He appeared in an additional 15 postseason games, collecting six hits and two doubles in 37 at-bats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The stint was his second with the ball club after he signed a one-year deal with the Jays ahead of the 2024 season. He was traded to Pittsburgh later that summer at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A career .262 hitter known for his defensive versatility, Kiner-Falefa has played a total of eight big-league seasons with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/texas-rangers\/237\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/texas-rangers\/237\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Rangers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/new-york-yankees\/234\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/new-york-yankees\/234\" target=\"_blank\">New York Yankees<\/a>, Blue Jays and Pirates.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Red Sox and infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa are in agreement on a one-year deal, according to Mark&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2378],"tags":[30173,5,377,2554,60896,73205,4,282,70,2553],"class_list":{"0":"post-555844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-blue-jays","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-blue-jays","11":"tag-bluejays","12":"tag-boston-red-sox-sports-baseball-team-team-statscom-226","13":"tag-isiah-kiner-falefa-sports-baseball-player-player-statscom-737855","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-toronto","16":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","17":"tag-torontobluejays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116017606552287638","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555844","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=555844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}