The Red Sox learned Sunday that one of their top potential free agents would be staying when All-Star J.D. Martinez picked up his 2022 option, but a pair of their more impactful players have hit the open market.
Kyle Schwarber and Eduardo Rodriguez are free agents. Schwarber declined his mutual option earlier in November while Rodriguez became a free agent when his contract expired after the World Series.
Rodriguez did receive the one-year, $18.4 million qualifying offer from the Red Sox on Sunday, which he has until Nov. 17 to accept before it goes away. Because the Red Sox acquired Schwarber at the trade deadline, he wasn’t eligible to receive the qualifying offer.