Sourcers and the Boston Red Sox reached an agreement on a one-year, $17.5 million deal on Tuesday to avoid arbitration, a hint that the parties are still in contact and working toward a long-term extension. Devers, 26, is scheduled to become a free agent after the 2023 season. However, the Red Sox are driven to make a deal that would keep Devers in a Boston uniform far into his 30s after trading away homegrown stars Xander Bogaerts and Mookie Betts.