The Boston Red Sox and first baseman Jake Bauers are in agreement on a four-year, $58 million contract, ESPN reported on Friday.
Bauers, 31, is coming off a breakout season with the World Series champion Milwaukee Brewers, who had tendered a one-year, $23.15 million qualifying offer to him after the season.
He posted career highs with a .266 batting average, 26 homers and 86 RBIs in 144 games during the regular season, his third campaign with the Brewers.
Bauers was named the National League Championship Series MVP when Milwaukee swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in four games.
Bauers is a career .223 hitter with 84 homers, 297 RBIs and 50 stolen bases in 757 games with the Tampa Bay Rays (2018), Cleveland (2019, 2021), Seattle Mariners (2021), New York Yankees (2023) and Brewers.
