Red Sox: Signing Hunter Renfroe is low hanging management contract fruit

BOSTON, MA - AUGUST 23: Hunter Renfroe #10 of the Boston Red Sox at bat against the Texas Rangers during the tenth inning at Fenway Park on August 23, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images)

The Red Sox have options to keep Hunter Renfroe beyond 2021

Is it too early for the Red Sox to reach out to Hunter Renfroe? Renfroe has been a breath of fresh power this season, especially in August. The right-hand power hitter is controllable, meaning arbitration. That is a situation that is like watching sausage being made – best avoidable.

Arbitration is usually settled, but sometimes animus occurs when both sides get confrontational. Management points out why a player is…