Red Sox Cut Ties with Top Signing Juan Chacon

0:00On March 26th, the Boston Red Sox are trimming their minor league roster ahead of opening day. On Wednesday, they released outfielder, Juan Chican, their top international free agent from the 2019-2020 signing period. He got the biggest bonus that offseason at $900,000. Chican burst onto the scene, strong in the Dominican Summer League. In 47 games, he hit 3-11 with a 4-26 on-base percentage and 384 slugging. He let his team in hits and ranked 3rd in walks. But things went downhill fast after that first year. He dropped to 207 the next season across rookie and single A-Ball. Progress was slow, with a 241 average in single A the year after. In 2024, Takan reached high, A-but hit just 203 with a sub-600 OPS. Last year, he managed 225 over 53 games between high A and AA, and he went hitless in five spring training at bats. The Red Sox gave him four seasons to turn it around,

1:01but the struggles outweighed the early hype. Now, they're focusing on players ready to contribute as the big league season kicks off. That's the story for today. Boston Red Sox News Today, driven by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.