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Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Catcher	C. WongConnor Wong	C. NarvaezCarlos Narvaez	—
First Base	T. CasasTriston Casas	R. DeversRafael Devers	R. GonzalezRomy Gonzalez C. WongConnor Wong
Second Base	V. Grissom Red Sox's Vaughn Grissom: Favorite for second base job Vaughn Grissom Red Sox's Vaughn Grissom: Favorite for second base job	D. Hamilton Red Sox's David Hamilton: Could be used in outfield David Hamilton Red Sox's David Hamilton: Could be used in outfield	C. Rafaela Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela: Will focus primarily on CF Ceddanne Rafaela Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela: Will focus primarily on CF N. SogardNick Sogard R. GonzalezRomy Gonzalez C. WongConnor Wong
Shortstop	T. StoryTrevor Story	N. SogardNick Sogard	C. Rafaela Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela: Will focus primarily on CF Ceddanne Rafaela Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela: Will focus primarily on CF D. Hamilton Red Sox's David Hamilton: Could be used in outfield David Hamilton Red Sox's David Hamilton: Could be used in outfield R. GonzalezRomy Gonzalez V. Grissom Red Sox's Vaughn Grissom: Favorite for second base job Vaughn Grissom Red Sox's Vaughn Grissom: Favorite for second base job
Third Base	R. DeversRafael Devers	R. GonzalezRomy Gonzalez	N. SogardNick Sogard V. Grissom Red Sox's Vaughn Grissom: Favorite for second base job Vaughn Grissom Red Sox's Vaughn Grissom: Favorite for second base job
Left Field	J. DuranJarren Duran	W. AbreuWilyer Abreu	M. Yoshida Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida: Could play some outfield in 2025 Shoulder: Probable for start of season Masataka Yoshida Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida: Could play some outfield in 2025 Shoulder: Probable for start of season C. WongConnor Wong R. RefsnyderRob Refsnyder
Center Field	C. Rafaela Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela: Will focus primarily on CF Ceddanne Rafaela Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela: Will focus primarily on CF	J. DuranJarren Duran	R. GonzalezRomy Gonzalez W. AbreuWilyer Abreu R. RefsnyderRob Refsnyder D. Hamilton Red Sox's David Hamilton: Could be used in outfield David Hamilton Red Sox's David Hamilton: Could be used in outfield
Right Field	W. AbreuWilyer Abreu	R. RefsnyderRob Refsnyder	J. DuranJarren Duran
Designated Hitter	M. Yoshida Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida: Could play some outfield in 2025 Shoulder: Probable for start of season Masataka Yoshida Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida: Could play some outfield in 2025 Shoulder: Probable for start of season	T. CasasTriston Casas	R. DeversRafael Devers C. WongConnor Wong R. GonzalezRomy Gonzalez J. DuranJarren Duran T. StoryTrevor Story R. RefsnyderRob Refsnyder

Starters

No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5
G. Crochet Red Sox's Garrett Crochet: Settles with new club at $3.8M Garrett Crochet Red Sox's Garrett Crochet: Settles with new club at $3.8M	T. Houck Red Sox's Tanner Houck: Gets $3.95 million from Boston Tanner Houck Red Sox's Tanner Houck: Gets $3.95 million from Boston	B. BelloBrayan Bello	W. BuehlerWalker Buehler	K. Crawford Red Sox's Kutter Crawford: Avoids arbitration with Boston Kutter Crawford Red Sox's Kutter Crawford: Avoids arbitration with Boston

Relief Pitchers

Closer	Setup	Bullpen
L. Hendriks Red Sox's Liam Hendriks: Having normal offseason Liam Hendriks Red Sox's Liam Hendriks: Having normal offseason A. ChapmanAroldis Chapman J. SlatenJustin Slaten	G. Whitlock Red Sox's Garrett Whitlock: Returning to bullpen Elbow: Expected to be out until at least Apr 18 Garrett Whitlock Red Sox's Garrett Whitlock: Returning to bullpen Elbow: Expected to be out until at least Apr 18	J. WinckowskiJosh Winckowski B. BernardinoBrennan Bernardino L. GuerreroLuis Guerrero G. WeissertGreg Weissert J. WilsonJustin Wilson C. Murphy Elbow: Expected to be out until at least Jun 1 Chris Murphy Elbow: Expected to be out until at least Jun 1 J. HagenmanJustin Hagenman