Kristian Campbell signs 8-year contract extension with the Red Sox

The Red Sox and 22-year-old rookie Kristian Campbell have agreed to contract extension, ensuring that one of the team’s most exciting younger players will be staying around for a while.

According to a team announcement on Wednesday afternoon, Campbell and the Red Sox signed an eight-year contract extension that runs from 2025-2032, and also includes club options for 2033 and 2034.

Per ESPN baseball reporter Jeff Passan, the deal is worth $60 million. In addition, Passan noted that the option years would be a combined $40 million, taking the whole value of the contract up to $100 million.

The versatile Campbell was originally a fourth-round pick by Boston in 2023 out of Georgia Tech. He raced through the Red Sox minor league system in 2024, hitting a combined .330 across three levels with 20 home runs and 24 stolen bases. In the end, Campbell won the Minor League Player of the Year from Baseball America, and was listed as one of the top prospects both with the team and in all of baseball.

In 2025, he fought for and won the starting second base job out of spring training, and has gone 6-for-14 so far in five games (including his first career big league home run). Campbell became the youngest Red Sox Opening Day starter at second base since Reggie Smith in 1967, according to the team.