The starting rotation of the 2026 Boston Red Sox improved with the signing of free agent pitcher Ranger Suárez.
The 30-year-old Venezuelan born southpaw signed with the Bosox for $130 million over five seasons.
Suárez had spent his entire professional baseball career in the Philadelphia Phillies organization signing with the club in 2012 when he was 16. He made his big-league debut in 2018 but didn't emerge as a significant presence until 2021. Suárez was part of the NL pennant winning team in 2022 earning a win in Game 3 of the World Series against the Houston Astros.
For three of the past four seasons, Suárez has won in double digits with back-to-back 12-win campaigns in 2024 and 2025. Suárez would earn a spot on the 2024 NL All-Star Team. In 187 appearances over 8 seasons (119 starts), Suárez has gone 53-37 with a 3.38 ERA with 705 strikeouts over 762 innings pitched against only 240 walks.
Suárez is one of three off-season additions to the Red Sox starting rotation along with Sonny Gray from the St. Louis Cardinals and Johan Oviedo from the Pittsburgh Pirates. They join AL Cy Young runner up Garrett Crochet and homegrown talent Brayan Bello to make a formidable starting five. Should any of them, however, falter or get hurt then the likes of Kutter Crawford, Connelly Early, Payton Tolle, Kyle Harrison (acquired in the Rafael Devers deal) and ex-Angels castoff Patrick Sandoval will get an opportunity to claim a spot.
While the Red Sox might not have re-signed Alex Bregman, they have added to their pitching and got some pop in Wilson Contreras.
As for Suárez, if he can pitch in Philly then he can surely pitch in Boston.
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