Red Sox avoid arbitration with all eligible players ahead of 2023 season

The Boston Red Sox have officially avoided arbitration with all eligible players ahead of the 2023 MLB season.

They avoided arbitration with five players on Friday: outfielder Alex Verdugo, right-hander Nick Pivetta, infielder Christian Arroyo, right-hander Ryan Brasier, and catcher Reese McGuire. The Boston Globe's Alex Speier shared the financial details for each player.

Red Sox have settled with 5 arbitration eligible players:

$6.3M on Verdugo
$5.35M on Pivetta
$2M for Arroyo
$2M on Brasier
$1.225M on McGuire

(I think @ChrisCotillo had most of these first)
— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) January 13, 2023

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