Duran went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Monday's 13-6 loss to the Twins.
The Red Sox were already down 11-1 in the third inning when Duran popped his first home run of the season. He's hit safely and driven in runs in three consecutive games, going 4-for-14 with a double, a home run and six RBI. For the season, Duran is slashing .196/.293/.314 over 13 contests.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Three-run double in win Sunday
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Duran went 1-for-4 with a three-run double, one walk and two runs scored in Sunday's 9-3 win over the Cardinals.
With one out and the bases loaded in the top of the fourth inning, Duran plugged the gap in left-center with a bases-clearing, three-run double to give Boston a 6-1 lead. He later scored on a single by Willson Contreras. Like a number of Red Sox hitters, Duran has struggled early in the 2026 season. He's now slashing .196/.302/.261 with three doubles, eight RBI, nine runs scored, two stolen bases and a 6:14 BB:K across 53 trips to the plate. He has just two multi-hit games this season.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Idle against southpaw
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Duran is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Brewers.
Duran will sit for the third time this season but for the first time against a lefty (Shane Drohan), after he had previously been included in the lineup in the Red Sox's lone other matchup versus a southpaw (Cincinnati's Andrew Abbott) back on Opening Day. With Duran on the bench, the Red Sox will use Roman Anthony in left field, while Trevor Story gets a day off from playing shortstop but stays in the lineup at designated hitter.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Exiting lineup Monday
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Duran is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Brewers, Tim Healey of The Boston Globe reports.
He'll take a seat for the second time in the Red Sox's first 10 games of the season as manager Alex Cora makes room in the lineup for Masataka Yoshida, who will serve as Boston's designated hitter in the series opener. Duran is one of multiple Boston hitters who has yet to get going at the dish amid the team's 2-7 start to the season; he's mustered a .200/.314/.267 slash line with zero home runs and two stolen bases over his 35 plate appearances.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Not starting Tuesday
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Duran is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Astros, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.
Duran went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a stolen base Opening Day but is hitless across the past three games, though he has still worked four walks during the latter stretch. Masataka Yoshida will receive a start at designated hitter and bat third versus Houston ace Hunter Brown.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Heads to WBC on roll
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Duran went 2-for-2 with a walk, two home runs, four RBI and a third run scored in Saturday's Grapefruit League game against the Twins.
No Red Sox batter is hotter than Duran, who was the subject of trade rumors all offseason. His two-HR day followed up Friday's homer off Atlanta's Chris Sale. Duran has gone 7-for-12 with three walks, two doubles, three home runs and five RBI over five spring games. His power surge is an encouraging sign for a Boston team looking for offense heading into the regular season. The outfielder will soon depart spring training to participate in the World Baseball Classic for Team Mexico.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Could sit against left-handers
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Duran might not start against left-handed pitchers this season, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com speculates.
The Red Sox haven't been able to trade from their glut of outfielders this offseason and appear motivated to give Wilyer Abreu an opportunity to play every day, which means Duran could get squeezed out of an everyday role. The left-handed-hitting Duran slashed only .211/.260/.340 over 209 regular-season plate appearances against southpaw hurlers in 2025.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Avoids arbitration with Red Sox
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The Red Sox and Duran avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $7.7 million contract Tuesday, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.
The team had an $8 million option on Duran, but it will give him a $100,000 buyout instead and bring him back at a slightly lower salary than what the option would have paid him. Duran will remain under club control through the end of the 2028 season. The 29-year-old outfielder slashed .256/.332/.442 with 16 home runs and 24 stolen bases across 157 regular-season contests for Boston in 2025.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Taking seat Saturday
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Duran isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Tigers, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.
The Red Sox will use Saturday as a chance to rest many of their starters after securing a trip to the postseason Friday, which means Duran will retreat to the bench while Masataka Yoshida starts in left field and Rob Refsnyder serves as the DH.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Uses legs to score
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Duran went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and a run scored in Saturday's 6-3 win over Tampa Bay.
After Duran helped win a game Friday with a two-run HR, he used his legs Saturday. He scored the game's first run in the third inning when he singled, stole second, then advanced to third and again to home on wild pitches by Rays starter Adrian Houser. The stolen base was Duran's 24th and the run scored his 84th of the season. Now that he's back in the leadoff spot, Duran could be good source of steals and runs over the final week of the regular season.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Goes deep in win
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Duran went 2-for-6 with a two-run home run and an additional run scored in Friday's 11-7 win over the Rays.
Duran gave the Red Sox a lead they wouldn't relinquish with a two-run shot in the seventh inning. The 29-year-old has hit safely in eight of his past 10 games, tallying six extra-base hits, five RBI, six runs scored and a stolen base during that stretch. For the year, he's slashing .261/.335/.452 with 16 homers, 82 RBI, 83 runs scored and 23 steals across 663 plate appearances.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Resting Saturday
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Duran isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Yankees, Tim Healey of The Boston Globe reports.
Duran typically remains in the lineup against left-handed starters, but the Red Sox will use a matchup against southpaw Max Fried as an opportunity to get Duran a day off. Rob Refsnyder will take over in left field and bat fourth.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Picks up steal in win
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Duran went 2-for-5 with a double, one RBI, one stolen base and one run scored in Monday's 7-0 win over the Athletics.
This was Duran's first successful theft since Aug. 27 versus the Orioles. The speedy outfielder is up to 23 steals on 29 attempts this season, including five thefts over 33 contests since the beginning of August. Duran has added a .259/.334/.443 slash line with 14 home runs, 78 RBI, 78 runs scored, 37 doubles and 12 triples across 141 games.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Returns to leadoff against lefty
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Duran batted leadoff and went 0-for-4 with a walk and a run scored in Friday's 10-5 loss to Arizona.
This was the first time since June 8 that Duran batted leadoff against a left-handed starter. Since then, he was replaced atop the order against lefties and most righties by Roman Anthony (oblique), who landed on the injured list this week. Boston manager Alex Cora told Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com that he felt comfortable using Duran at leadoff against Arizona lefty Eduardo Rodriguez, and that Duran would most likely slip into the top spot in the order against all righties going forward.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Legs out inside-the-park homer
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Duran went 2-for-2 with a double, two walks and a three-run, inside-the-park home run in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Pirates.
With two outs and runners on the corners, Duran lined a ball between the center and right fielders that made its way to the warning track, resulting in an inside-the-park homer. It was the 14th home run of the year for Duran, who now has at least one hit in each of his last four games after going just 3-for-26 (.115) in his previous seven contests.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Receiving series finale off
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Duran is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Orioles, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.
More often than not, the left-handed-hitting Duran is typically included in the lineup when the Red Sox face left-handed starters, but the 28-year-old will retreat to the bench for Thursday's day game while southpaw Cade Povich toes the rubber for Baltimore. With Duran sitting, Jhostynxon Garcia will step in as the Red Sox's starting left fielder and will bat ninth.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Swats 13th homer in win
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Duran went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run and a walk in Monday's 4-3 win over Baltimore.
The homer was Duran's first since Aug. 4 versus the Royals and his 13th of the season. The month of August has been a quiet one for the 28-year-old outfielder, who posted a potent 1.093 OPS through 23 games in July. Over his last 74 at-bats, Duran is hitting just .216 with five doubles, 13 RBI, 11 runs scored and three stolen bases.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Launches three-run homer in win
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Duran went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Monday's 8-5 win over the Royals.
Duran capped a five-run first inning with a 419-foot blast off Bailey Falter, his second homer off a lefty this season. The 28-year-old has now tallied 11 extra-base hits in 14 games since the All-Star break, driving in 13 runs and scoring 11 times during that stretch. For the year, he's slashing .262/.328/.462 with 12 homers, 63 RBI, 63 runs scored and 18 steals across 498 plate appearances.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Racks up three XBH in win
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Duran went 3-for-4 with two triples, a double, a run and two RBI in a 4-2 victory against the Dodgers on Saturday.
Duran was responsible for three of Boston's five extra-base hits in the win, with his biggest knock being a two-run triple in the second inning. The speedy outfielder added another three-bagger in the sixth frame for the first multi-triple performance of his career. This was the first multi-hit game of any sort for Duran since July 9, as he had been slumping entering Saturday, batting just .161 with 13 strikeouts across 31 at-bats over his previous 10 contests.
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Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Out of Boston's lineup
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Duran is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game in Philadelphia.
It's the second straight time and third time over the last four occasions the Red Sox have faced a left-handed pitcher that the left-handed-hitting Duran has been absent from the lineup. Rob Refsnyder is in left field and batting leadoff.
