The 2025 Boston Red Sox season is the ongoing 125th season in Boston Red Sox franchise history, and their 114th season at Fenway Park. Alex Cora is the team's on-field manager, in the fifth season of his second stint in that role. The team opened the regular season in an away game against the Texas Rangers on March 27, and is scheduled to conclude with a home game against the Detroit Tigers on September 28.
Offseason
In September 2024, the team announced they would introduce a new "City Connect 2.0" uniform for the 2025 season, while retaining their existing City Connect uniform (yellow and blue) and retiring their blue alternate road jersey, which had been introduced in 2009. As of late November, the team had 10 players under contract for the 2025 season: Brayan Bello, Rafael Devers, Lucas Giolito, Liam Hendriks, Ceddanne Rafaela, Rob Refsnyder, Trevor Story, Garrett Whitlock, Justin Wilson, and Masataka Yoshida.
Spring training
"Truck Day", when the team's equipment departs Fenway Park for Florida, was February 3.
The team's first spring training game, an exhibition contest against the Northeastern Huskies at JetBlue Park on February 21, resulted in a 5–2 victory for the Red Sox. The team's Grapefruit League schedule ran from February 22 through March 23, during which the Red Sox compiled a 15–12 record.
The Red Sox concluded their spring training with two games in Monterrey, Mexico, played March 24–25 against the Monterrey Sultanes. The Red Sox took both games, winning by scores of 10–1 and 12–8.
Regular season
Opening Day lineup
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March/April
On March 26, manager Alex Cora announced that Rafael Devers will move to the DH position with Alex Bregman becoming the regular third baseman.
March 27–30, at Texas Rangers
The Red Sox began the season with a four game series away at the Texas Rangers. The Red Sox won the first game of the series by a score of 5–2. Wilyer Abreu had three hits, two of which were home-runs; Aroldis Chapman earned the win in relief and Justin Slaten got his first save of the season. The Red Sox lost the second game, 1–4. Tanner Houck gave up the four runs scored by Texas over his 5 2⁄3 innings start, whilst Devers' struck out during all four of his at-bats (making him 0 for 7 with 6 strikeouts to begin the season). Texas won the third game of the series, 4–3. Walker Buehler gave up the four runs over 4 1⁄3 innings whilst striking out three opponents. Devers' hitting woes continued with three strikeouts and no hits in the game, making him the first big-leaguer with ten strikeouts in three games to open a season. Kristian Campbell hit his first home run as a major league player. The Rangers then took the series with a 3–2 victory on March 30, a game that saw rookie starter Richard Fitts saddled with the loss despite a decent pitching line (6 innings, 3 earned runs, 6 hits). Fitts gave up just one run through his first five innings before giving up home runs to Wyatt Langford and Adolis García in the sixth. Devers again went hitless and struck out twice. Wilyer Abreu manufactured both Boston runs, both in the sixth inning, hitting an RBI double to score Kristian Campbell and then scoring himself on an error by Texas' Ezequiel Duran.
Red Sox lost the series 1–3 (11–13 runs)
March 31–April 3, at Baltimore Orioles
Boston's troubles from their season-opening Texas series carried into the opener in Baltimore. Sean Newcomb, a surprise addition to the roster out of spring training, was jumped on immediately by the Orioles, as Tyler O'Neill (who spent the previous season with Boston) drove in the game's first run, advanced to third on a Jarren Duran error that scored Adley Rutschman, and then scored himself on a two-run Cedric Mullins double that brought home O'Neill and Mountcastle. Trailing 4–0 after one frame, Duran recorded a two-RBI double in the top 2nd, bringing home Romy González and Kristian Campbell. Campbell hit into an RBI ground out in the 3rd, cutting the Baltimore lead to 4–3. Newcomb was pulled after four innings, having given up four earned runs, eight hits, and two walks while striking out two. The Oriole offense quieted until facing reliever Justin Slaten, who gave up four earned runs in the eighth inning; González and Duran added RBIs in the ninth to bring the final tally to 8–5.
As the calendar turned to April, the Red Sox received a day off before the remainder of the Orioles series, and then shut out the Orioles for their second win of the season on April 2. Garrett Crochet twirled a masterful outing in his second Red Sox start, pitching eight innings and striking out eight while only surrendering four hits. Crochet's pitching helped Boston's three runs (Trevor Story's second inning solo home run, his first of the season, followed by a Ceddanne Rafaela RBI single and a Rafael Devers RBI double in the fifth) hold up.
In the series finale, Boston sent Tanner Houck to the bump to oppose Baltimore's Charlie Morton. Sox fans were treated early with a highly anticipated moment: Alex Bregman's first home run as a Red Sox, which came in the opening half-inning and brought home Devers, setting the tone for Boston with an early 2–0 lead. Cedric Mullins homered in the bottom of the 1st to bring the score to 2–1, but Campbell responded with another two-run homer—the second long ball of his young career—in the top of the 2nd. Triston Casas hit his first home run of the season in the seventh inning. Houck's final line was four innings pitched, three earned runs, five hits, and six strikeouts, not quite good enough for the decision, which went to reliever Zack Kelly, who became the pitcher of record in an 8–4 Boston victory and a 2–1 series win for the Red Sox heading into their home opener against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Red Sox won the series 2–1 (16–12 runs)
April 4–6, vs. St. Louis Cardinals
The Red Sox delighted their home fans with a high-scoring 13–9 victory on Friday, April 4 in their home opener against St. Louis. Boston sent Walker Buehler to the mound for his second start in a Red Sox uniform, and he surrendered five earned runs and seven hits in five innings of work. However, Buehler was able to take home the win thanks to immediate run support from Boston, as the Sox plated five runs in the bottom of the 1st, with Alex Bregman hitting an RBI double, Trevor Story hitting his third home run of the season (a three-run blast), immediately followed by Wilyer Abreu cracking his second long ball of the year, bringing the score to 5–0. St. Louis's offense got going in the 3rd and 4th innings, with a three-run top of the 4th bringing the score to 6–5 in favor of the Red Sox. Boston replied, however, with a two-run bottom half of the inning. The Red Sox bats got hot again in the 7th with a three-run frame that included RBIs from Ceddanne Rafaela, Rafael Devers, and Jarren Duran, before adding on two more runs in the 8th with an Abreu RBI groundout and a Carlos Narváez double. Leading 13–6, the contest seemed decided before the Cardinals added three runs of their own in the top of the ninth to cut the Boston lead to four, which necessitated bringing in closer Aroldis Chapman. Chapman shut down the St. Louis rally over 2⁄3 IP to secure the win.
The scheduled Saturday game between the two teams was delayed due to rain, and was to be made up on Sunday as part of a day-night doubleheader.
In the afternoon game on Sunday, the makeup game for Saturday's rainout, Sean Newcomb took the hill for Boston, opposing Andre Pallante. Newcomb authored a statline of one earned run, six hits, and four strikeouts across 4 2⁄3 innings. St. Louis drew first blood with a run in the top of the 4th but was immediately answered by David Hamilton singling in Rob Refsnyder for the Red Sox in the bottom half of the inning. Rafael Devers continued to climb out of his slump with a solo homer in the 5th, but the Cardinals scratched out three unanswered runs off the bat of Pedro Pagés, who hit an RBI double in the top 6th and a 2-RBI double in the 8th. Meanwhile, with both starting pitchers gone, the Cardinal bullpen was keeping Boston off the scoreboard. The Sox' fortunes would turn in the bottom of the 9th, however. Trailing 4–2, Boston forced extra innings thanks to a Romy González RBI double and a Devers walk with the bases loaded, which tied the contest. Aroldis Chapman kept St. Louis off the scoresheet in the top of the 10th, paving way for the Sox to load the bases in the bottom half of the inning, where a familiar hero came through yet again: Wilyer Abreu. Abreu unloaded on a Ryan Fernandez pitch with the bases loaded, nearly clearing the Green Monster for a grand slam, but even though Abreu missed a long ball, the resulting RBI single was more than enough to bring home Alex Bregman and claim a 5–4 comeback win.
Hunter Dobbins made his MLB debut when he started in the nightcap and final game of the series. With his parents in attendance, Dobbins fanned five batters and allowed two runs across five innings of work. The story of the series finale, however, was Boston's bats, especially those of Bregman and Devers. Bregman further endeared himself to the Fenway faithful with 6 RBIs and 4 hits in 5 at-bats, including a 3-run double in the 2nd and a 3-run home run in the 3rd. Devers was a perfect 4-for-4, driving home 3 runs and scoring 4 of his own. Boston led St. Louis 10–1 after just three innings, and all told, manufactured 18 runs in total as part of an 18–7 victory to clinch the series sweep. Cooper Criswell, who pitched the final three innings of the game, was credited with his first save of the season.
Red Sox won the series 3–0 (36–20 runs)
April 7–10, vs. Toronto Blue Jays
The Red Sox dropped the opener of this four-game series, 6–2, ending their five-game winning streak with a loss to the José Berríos-led Jays on a chilly (37 °F (3 °C) at first pitch) and misty night at Fenway Park. Richard Fitts, opposing Berríos, dropped to 0–2 on the season despite a respectable six-inning, four-strikeout outing in which the youngster surrendered three runs. Berríos outdueled Fitts, however, allowing just one run across seven innings of work. George Springer led the charge offensively for Toronto with three separate RBI singles in the 2nd, 5th, and 7th innings, while Boston's offense was held to a Rafael Devers RBI sacrifice fly in the 2nd and a Triston Casas RBI single in the 8th. The Monday loss carried a lack of offense from Boston that marked a sharp departure from their 36-run series against St. Louis over the weekend.
Boston fell back to a .500 winning percentage with a 6–1 defeat at the hands of the Blue Jays in the second game of the series. The Red Sox sent Garrett Crochet to the mound for his third start in a Red Sox uniform, and he dueled with Toronto's Easton Lucas. Crochet and Lucas kept the scoreboard full of zeroes through the first five innings of the game, but the Jays broke through in the top 6th when Springer homered. Although Crochet held Toronto to two runs (one earned) through 5 2⁄3 innings, with two outs in the 6th, Crochet was the victim of a Bregman error and a Kristian Campbell error, and Crochet also walked two batters. With things unraveling, Crochet was replaced in favor of reliever Zack Kelly, who promptly gave up a 2-RBI single from Bo Bichette before mercifully retiring Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Now trailing 4–0, the Toronto bullpen continued to keep Boston's bats at bay. The Sox scratched out a run in the bottom 7th with a Ceddanne Rafaela RBI single. Bichette and Anthony Santander drove in two more runs in the top 8th to put the game out of reach, and Crochet was saddled with the loss, bringing his record to 1–1 across three starts.
The Red Sox fell below .500 with an extra-innings loss in the third game of the series, officially losing the Toronto slate regardless of the result of the fourth game. Game three was a pitcher's duel between the Sox' Tanner Houck and the Blue Jays' Kevin Gausman. While the contest had offense early, with both teams scoring once in the first (Will Wagner hitting into an RBI ground out for Toronto followed by Bregman belting a sacrifice fly), the 1–1 score remained until the eleventh, when Bichette's own RBI sac fly brought home Ernie Clement, who proved to be the winning run in the 2–1 Toronto victory. Though Houck allowed only the one run with five hits and struck out two batters in 6 2⁄3 innings, Gausman reeled off eight innings of work and punched out ten Red Sox hitters; Kristian Campbell showed signs of his newness by striking out thrice. Neither Houck nor Gausman factored into the final decisions; Josh Winckowski was charged with the loss for Boston, while Toronto's Jeff Hoffman and Nick Sandlin earned the win and a save, respectively.
Boston salvaged the final contest of the series and avoided the four-game sweep with a 4–3 extra-inning win in the Thursday afternoon getaway game. Walker Buehler opposed Chris Bassitt in yet another game where early offense was lacking; in 6 1⁄3 innings, Buehler gave up just one run and four hits while punching out seven Blue Jays, and Bassitt allowed one run and five hits in 5 2⁄3 while striking out five Red Sox. Boston got on the board first, when Bregman singled home Jarren Duran in the bottom 6th. Toronto responded quickly, though, with Tyler Heineman's RBI single tying the game before a Trevor Story error allowed Myles Straw to score, giving the Blue Jays a 2–1 lead. In the bottom 8th, Rob Refsnyder scampered home on a wild pitch to even the score at 2–2, and neither side scored in the 9th, sending a second straight game to extra frames. In the top of the 10th, the Jays retook the lead when Springer scored Andrés Giménez on a sacrifice fly. In the bottom half, Boston tied the game when backup catcher Blake Sabol scored on a Duran RBI single, and later in the inning, Story turned the tables on his earlier error by hitting into a defensive miscue himself: Giménez failed to field Story's infield roller cleanly, allowing David Hamilton to score, which was enough to send the Red Sox to Chicago in a happier mood with a 4–3 victory. An interesting footnote from this contest involves Boston Celtics guard Derrick White, who threw out the ceremonial first pitch—White also threw out the first pitch, along with other members of the 2024 championship Celtics, on June 24, 2024, prior to a game, also against Toronto, that also ended in walk-off fashion.
Red Sox lost the series 1–3 (8–17 runs)
April 11–13, at Chicago White Sox
The Red Sox opened this weekend series against the White Sox looking to build on momentum from their walk-off win against Toronto, but Chicago had other plans. Sean Newcomb took the hill for Boston alongside Davis Martin, and while Martin twirled six innings of one-run ball with six strikeouts, Newcomb struggled. In just four innings of work, Newcomb surrendered six runs, although only two of them were earned runs owing to a parade of Red Sox defensive errors – five in total, the Red Sox' first five-error outing since August 2021. Chicago's offensive onslaught started innocently enough: with two on in the bottom 2nd, Jacob Amaya hit a 2-RBI double. It was in the bottom 4th that the White Sox broke the game open. Miguel Vargas doubled to score Omar Narváez and Chase Meidroth; Luis Robert singled up the middle to score Vargas; and Lenyn Sosa singled to right field to score Robert. The four-run ChiSox frame made the score 6–0, and, with Newcomb now out of the contest, the White Sox added another in the 5th when Nárvaez belted a sacrifice fly to drive in Michael A. Taylor. Narváez struck again in the 7th, this time with a 2-RBI single that brought home Taylor and Brooks Baldwin. Up 9–1, Chicago made its humiliation of the Red Sox complete in the 8th with a two-run inning (RBIs from Sosa and Baldwin) to take an 11–1 lead, paving the way for a ten-run margin of victory. Boston's only run of the game came off the bat of Blake Sabol in the top 7th; Sabol's sac fly scored Wilyer Abreu. Newcomb took the loss for the BoSox, while the ChiSox win was credited to Martin. The Red Sox' defeat ended an eight-game winless streak for Chicago.
Season standings
American League East
American League Wild Card
Record vs. opponents
Record vs. American League
Updated with the results of all games through April 7, 2025.
Record vs. National League
Updated with the results of all games through April 8, 2025.
Upcoming games
Note: all times local to Boston (ET)
Game log
Grand slams
Ejections
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Current roster
Transactions
April
April 1: The team announced that they signed Garrett Crochet to a six-year extension worth $170 million.
April 2: The team announced that they signed Kristian Campbell to an eight-year contract extension worth $60 million.
April 7: The team traded pitcher Quinn Priester to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for minor-league outfielder Yophery Rodriguez, a Competitive Balance Round selection in the 2025 MLB draft, and a player to be named later (or cash considerations).
April 8: The team would complete multiple transactions. The team placed catcher Connor Wong on the 10-day IL, designated pitcher Robert Stock for assignment. The team recalled catcher Blake Sabol and pitcher Josh Winckowski from Worcester.
April 10: The team agreed to a minor-league deal with catcher Yasmani Grandal. The team also released pitcher Matt Moore from his minor-league contract. The team sent pitcher Liam Hendricks on a rehab assignment to Worcester and pitcher Robert Stock outright to Worcester.
MLB debuts
- March 27: Kristian Campbell
- April 6: Hunter Dobbins
Awards and honors
Farm system
Minor-league coaching assignments were announced on January 16.
Note: Division assignments for Rookie leagues are from the 2024 season and are subject to change.
Notes
References
Further reading
- Abraham, Peter (February 10, 2025). "Spring training begins this week. Let's project the Red Sox' 2025 roster". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
- McWilliams, Julian (October 1, 2024). "With the Red Sox season in the books, here's the contract status of every player on the roster". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- McWilliams, Julian (October 2, 2024). "Evaluating the Red Sox' position players — how they did this year and where they go from here". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
External links
- Official website
