The Boston Red Sox and Connor Wong didn't waste time.
They decided to get a contract taken care of before Thanksgiving.
On Thursday, the Red Sox and Wong reached agreement on a $1.375 million contract, according to MassLive's Chris Cotillo.
Wong is coming off a brutal season. In 2025, he had a.190 batting average,.262 on-base percentage and.238 slugging percentage. That ceded most of the catching work to Carlos Narvaez.
The season before, Wong broke out with a.280 average and 13 home runs in 2024.
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Wong is an improving defensive catcher which will at least make him useful as a backup. And if his bat can come even halfway back around, he can measure as a bargain for the Red Sox.
It's not a bad deal for Boston to have catcher solidified this early in the offseason. There's not a big market of players available.
Narvaez's emergence offset the struggles of Wong, and that allowed Boston to be in a situation to carry two guys into next season who have at least had big league success, even if not both in the most recent season.
Wong was arbitration eligible for the first time this season, but the deal with the Red Sox avoided actually going through that process. Boston will hope Wong has a bit of a bounceback year with him still under club control for a couple more seasons after this one.
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