The Red Sox reportedly won’t go to a hearing with any of their remaining arbitration-eligible players.

According to multiple reports, the Red Sox are nearing deals with their four unsigned arbitration-eligible players ahead of Thursday’s deadline to exchange salary figures. All settlements are expected to be finalized by day’s end, allowing the two sides to avoid potentially acrimonious arbitration hearings next month.

Right-hander Tanner Houck’s deal is reportedly worth $4.1 million, first baseman Triston Casas will make $1.61 million, utility man Romy Gonzalez $1.6 million and right-hander Johan Oviedo $1.55 million.

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MassLive’s Chris Cotillo and The Athletic’s Jen McCaffrey were first to report news of the agreements, and Cotillo and Channel 7’s Ari Alexander were first on the salaries.

The arbitration settlements provide a measure of clarity on what the Red Sox payroll should be heading into 2026. Barring any more additions, the Red Sox are currently set to carry a payroll of $242.9 million, according to Red Sox Payroll on Twitter/X, who has accurately tracked the club’s financials for more than a decade.

That would put the Red Sox just below the first Competitive Balance Tax threshold, which this year is set for $244 million, though the Red Sox are expected to make more additions before Opening Day that would almost certainly put them over that amount.

The Red Sox settlements collectively came in slightly under what had initially been projected. MLB Trade Rumors annually publishes a list of projections for all arbitration-eligible players, and this year the outlet had Houck projected at $3.95 million, Oviedo at $2 million, Gonzalez at $1.8 million and Casas at $1.7 million.

Under MLB’s arbitration system, players with at least three but fewer than six years of big league service time are eligible for salary arbitration. Typically the two sides will work out a deal during the offseason, but if they cannot they will exchange salary figures, which will then be presented to a panel of arbitrators. That panel will then choose either the team’s proposed salary or the player’s, but nothing in between, and that will be the player’s salary for the upcoming season.

Historically most clubs and players try to avoid going to an arbitration hearing, which is an inherently awkward process that forces a team to argue why a player shouldn’t earn a certain amount of money while they are present in the room. The last time the Red Sox went to a hearing with one of their players was in 2020, when the club do so with left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez.

Because the arbitration-eligible players were tendered contracts back in November, none were in any danger of being removed from the roster. All would have suited up for Boston this coming season regardless, and the entire process simply revolves around how much they’ll be paid.