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Pos. - Position (primary position first, plus any
position played for ~5+ games in 2021)
Level - Highest level reached in
2021.
Brief call-ups from one
level to another may be excepted. Player
on an inactive list for all of 2021 may be listed on highest level previously
reached.
YTD
- Player has yet to debut professionally
FC - Future Contract
for 2022 season
Player is on Boston's 40-man Roster
Player will be eligible fro the December
2021 Rule 5 Draft unless added to the
40-man roster on or before November 19,
2021.
 Non Roster Invitee
Bats left (hitters); throws
left (pitchers)
Switch hitter (for hitters only)
Free Agents
Major League Free Agents
- Following the completion
of the term of their major league contract, any player with 6+ years of
major league service time who has not executed a
contract for the next succeeding season shall be
eligible to become a free agent. (Basic Agreement,
Article XX(B)).
Article XX(D) Free Agents - Any player: (1) with 3+
years of major league service time and whose contract is
assigned outright to a minor league club; or (2) whose
contract is assigned outright to a minor league club for
the second time or any subsequent time in his career may elect, in
lieu of accepting such assignment, to become a free
agent. (Basic Agreement, Article XX(D)).
Minor League Free Agents - On the fifth day
following the completion of the World Series on the last
year of a player's minor league contract, the player's
minor league contract shall expire and the player shall become a minor league free agent. (Major League Rule 55(a)).
Standard minor league player contracts are typically for
seven seasons.
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