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Jarren Duran optioned to Worcester despite strong spring training performance

Promising Red Sox centerfield prospect Jarren Duran is headed back to Worcester to start the season.

Duran was one of several Red Sox players cut from the spring training roster on Sunday, despite a solid performance — Duran went 6-for-18 at the plate (.333) with a .429 on-base percentage.

Duran raised eyebrows with an impressive run on Sunday when he scored from second base with relative ease, tagging on a fly ball.

After his call-up in July last year, Duran — a seventh-round pick in 2018 — showed some flashes of the skill set that helped propel him up to No.