Red Sox signal Refsnyder to 1-year extension with membership choice for ’25

BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox on Saturday signed outfielder Rob Refsnyder to a one-year contract extension by the 2024 season, with a membership choice for 2025.

Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom made the announcement.

Refsnyder, 32, signed with the Red Sox as a minor league free agent on December 1, 2021, after which as a Major League free agent on November 9, 2022. In 90 video games with Boston, the right-handed hitter has batted .299 (70-for-234) with a .393 on-base proportion, .457 slugging proportion, and .850 OPS whereas making 20 begins in left area, 16 in proper area, 15 in middle area, and 5 because the designated hitter. In 33 video games this season, Refsnyder has recorded a team-leading .408 on-base proportion with 17 RBI in solely 81 at-bats; with runners in scoring place, he has hit .370 (10-for-27) with a .981 OPS. 

Selected by the New York Yankees within the fifth spherical of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft, Refsnyder has performed in 322 Major League video games, sixth most all time amongst gamers born in South Korea. He has hit .247 (190-for-770) with 13 residence runs, 73 RBI, and a .689 OPS for the Yankees (2015-17), Toronto Blue Jays (2017), Tampa Bay Rays (2018), Texas Rangers (2020), Minnesota Twins (2021), and Red Sox (2022-23). Following the 2022 season, he earned the Heart and Hustle Award from the Boston Baseball Writers. 

Against left-handed pitchers for the reason that begin of 2022, Refsnyder has batted .362 (42-for-116) with a .980 OPS. Among gamers with a minimum of 100 plate appearances towards left-handers in that point, he leads the American League and ranks second within the majors in on-base proportion (.437) behind solely Paul Goldschmidt (.474). Against left-handed pitching this season, Refsnyder has hit .365 (19-for-52) with a .468 on-base proportion. 

In 14 video games this May, Refsnyder batted .400 (14-for-35) with a 1.014 OPS, 4 doubles, and 9 RBI. He has reached base in 4 of his seven plate appearances as a pinch hitter this season, together with in every of his final three. Refsnyder has a .500 on-base proportion in pinch-hitting conditions since becoming a member of the Red Sox, going 5-for-17 (.294) with six walks and one hit-by-pitch.