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The Red Sox and Jake Bauers are in agreement on a four-year, $58 million contract, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports.
Jake Bauers· 1B
After bouncing around quite a bit earlier in his career, Bauers is opting for some long-term security here, signing for $14.5 million per year instead of taking the $23.15 million qualifying offer from the Brewers. The Red Sox almost certainly have to move Jarren Duran now. Bauers probably will DH frequently, but he can also supplement Roman Anthony in left and Willson Contreras at first. Triston Casas also surely has to be very much available or perhaps a non-tender candidate. Boston is probably now out of the mix for Randy Arozarena and Seiya Suzuki. The Brewers can turn to Andrew Vaughn as their primary first baseman next season with Bauers gone, but they’ll probably look for a lefty complement.