Friday was the non-tender deadline for baseball, meaning that it was the final day teams could tender non-guaranteed deals to their arbitration-eligible (and pre-arbitration) players before they hit the open market. Earlier this week we discussed some non-tender possibilities for the Red Sox this year, but it turns out the team is going to keep everyone on the roster, at least for now. As mentioned, these contracts are non-guaranteed and a player has to make it through spring training to guarantee them the money.
If the Red Sox were going to non-tender anyone this year, Tyler Thornburg was always going to be the most likely.