With Sunday marking five days after the conclusion of the World Series, it was the deadline for a whole lot of contract decisions to be made by both players and teams before the offseason can get started in earnest on Monday. (Well, maybe or maybe not depending on how the CBA affects things.) Any team or player options in a contract for 2022 had to be decided by Sunday evening, as did whether or not a qualifying offer would be extended to impending free agents. We covered J.D. Martinez’ decision to not opt out, but that was just one of multiple bits of Boston Red Sox news that came down the wire over the weekend.
Catching up on weekend roster decisions
