{"id":409483,"date":"2026-01-14T21:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/409483\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T21:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:36:07","slug":"boston-red-sox-sign-lefty-ranger-suarez-to-five-year-130-million-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/409483\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Red Sox sign lefty Ranger Suarez to five-year, $130 million deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">An already strong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/boston-red-sox\/226\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/boston-red-sox\/226\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Red Sox<\/a> rotation has gotten even mightier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">USA TODAY\u2019s Bob Nightingale reports the team has signed lefty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/ranger-suarez\/659551\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/ranger-suarez\/659551\" target=\"_blank\">Ranger Suarez<\/a> to a five-year, $130 million deal.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ranger Suarez gets $130 million over 5 years<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNightengale\/status\/2011517886314267121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Suarez, 30, had spent the entirety of his eight-year career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/philadelphia-phillies\/246\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/philadelphia-phillies\/246\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Phillies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A native of Pie de Cuesta, Venezuela, Suarez started 26 games last season. He was 12-8 with an earned run average of 3.20 and a 1.220 WHIP over 157.1 innings pitched. He struck out 151 batters and walked 38.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">An All-Star in 2024, Suarez is 53-37 in 187 games with a 3.38 ERA and 1.270 WHIP over 762.0 innings pitched.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Suarez joins a rotation that features ace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/garrett-crochet\/1056039\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/garrett-crochet\/1056039\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Crochet<\/a>, fellow new addition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/sonny-gray\/455516\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/sonny-gray\/455516\" target=\"_blank\">Sonny Gray<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/brayan-bello\/1118133\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/brayan-bello\/1118133\" target=\"_blank\">Brayan Bello<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/connelly-early\/1454916\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/connelly-early\/1454916\" target=\"_blank\">Connelly Early<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/kutter-crawford\/1055423\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/kutter-crawford\/1055423\" target=\"_blank\">Kutter Crawford<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/tanner-houck\/829037\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/tanner-houck\/829037\" target=\"_blank\">Tanner Houck<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/patrick-sandoval\/875337\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/patrick-sandoval\/875337\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Sandoval<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/johan-oviedo\/922365\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/johan-oviedo\/922365\" target=\"_blank\">Johan Oviedo<\/a> are also options for manager Alex Cora.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An already strong Boston Red Sox rotation has gotten even mightier. USA TODAY\u2019s Bob Nightingale reports the team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[712,131723,49,48,462,172384,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-409483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-boston-red-sox-sports-baseball-team-team-statscom-226","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-ranger-suarez-sports-baseball-player-player-statscom-659551","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}