The Red Sox and Duran avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $3.75 million contract with an $8 million club option for 2026 on Friday, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.

Duran went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and two walks in Friday's extra-innings loss to Minnesota.

Duran went 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored in Friday's 5-4 loss to the Yankees. He also was caught stealing.

Duran went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in Wednesday's 8-3 loss to the Mets.

Duran went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 6-3 win over the Blue Jays.

Duran went 1-for-2 with two walks, a double, a run scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 4-1 win over Houston.

Duran went 0-for-5 with a stolen base in Sunday's 4-2 loss to Baltimore.

Duran went 1-for-5 with two RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Orioles.

Duran will start in left field and bat leadoff Wednesday against the Rangers after being reinstated from his two-game suspension.

The Red Sox issued a two-game suspension to Duran, who will begin serving the ban Monday, Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald reports.