Red Sox exercise club option on outfielder Rob Refsnyder
BOSTON, MA¡ªThe Boston Red Sox today announced that they have exercised outfielder Rob Refsnyder¡¯s 2025 club option.
Refsnyder, 33, set career highs in 2024 in games played (93), hits (77), runs scored (32), doubles (16), home runs (11), and RBI (40), batting .283 (77-for-272) while making 31 starts in left field, 20 in right field, and 10 as the designated hitter. In 239 games since joining the Red Sox in 2022, the right-handed hitter has batted .278 (174-for-627) with a .795 OPS, 18 home runs, and 89 RBI, including a .316 batting average (98-for-310) and .910 OPS against left-handed pitchers.
Originally selected by the New York Yankees in the fifth round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft, Refsnyder has played in 471 career games with the Yankees (2015-17), Toronto Blue Jays (2017), Tampa Bay Rays (2018), Texas Rangers (2020), Minnesota Twins (2021), and Red Sox (2022-24).