Overview
- Manager Alex Cora has decided Durbin will begin the season at third base with Marcelo Mayer at second, according to reporting on Jim Bowden's spring notes.
- The Athletic’s Jim Bowden reports Durbin is “turning heads” in camp following a top-three NL Rookie of the Year finish in 2025.
- President of baseball operations Craig Breslow praised Durbin’s bat-to-ball skills, baserunning and defense at both third and second.
- Boston acquired Durbin from the Brewers in a six-player deal that, per reports, included prospects Shane Drohan, Kyle Harrison and David Hamilton headed the other way.
- Durbin is under team control through 2031, complementing an offseason that also added Willson Contreras and starters Sonny Gray, Johan Oviedo and Ranger Suárez.