The Red Sox managed to find common ground with all four of their arbitration-eligible players before Thursday’s 1 p.m. ET deadline.

With Chris Sale traded to the Atlanta Braves, Nick Pivetta is the longest-tenured member of Boston’s starting rotation. How long that remains the case is unclear; Pivetta will be a free agent next offseason. He and the club agreed to a $7.5 million salary – a $2.15 million raise and significantly better than the $6.9 million projection – for what could be his last season in a Red Sox uniform.

Newcomer Tyler O’Neill will receive close to a million-dollar raise from his new team. After making $4.95 million with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2023, he exceeded his projected $5.5 million: the Red Sox will pay the two-time Gold Glove outfielder $5.85 million in his final year of arbitration.

O’Neill essentially replaced Alex Verdugo on the roster for a lower price; the latter was projected to command a salary of $9.2 million. According to MLB’s Mark Feinsand, Verdugo and the New York Yankees settled at $8.7 million, but he can earn an additional $50,000 in performance bonuses.

Reliever John Schreiber ($1.175 million) and catcher Reese McGuire ($1.5 million) are also squared away for the season.

Not-quite rookie development

Fellow Red Sox newcomer Vaughn Grissom will join several of the organization’s top prospects at the annual Rookie Development Program next week.

Invitations are typically extended to players whom the Red Sox view as big-league contributors in the not-so-distant future. Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu were among last year’s participants, and both debuted in late summer.

This year, Roman Anthony, Isaiah Campbell, Richard Fitts, Wikelman Gonzalez, Nathan Hickey, Marcelo Mayer, Chase Meidroth, Luis Perales, Justin Slaten, Kyle Teel, and Nick Yorke made the cut.

Though there’s a good chance that at least one of these prospects will debut this year, Campbell is the only rookie in the group, having debuted with the Seattle Mariners last July. A player’s rookie eligibility ends after either they reach 50 innings pitched or 130 at-bats in the Majors. Grissom blew past the former in his first season. He debuted with the Atlanta Braves at Fenway Park in 2022, hit a home run to the Green Monster in that first game, and finished the season with 141 at-bats in 41 games.

Nevertheless, Grissom is joining several of the organization’s top prospects for the five-day crash course on adjusting to life in the Majors. The schedule usually includes indoor workouts, media training, and community service.

In other news

The Yankees settled with Juan Soto for $31 million, a new single-season record for an arbitration-eligible player. They’re also in agreement with starting pitcher Marcus Stroman on a two-year, $37 million contract that includes a vesting option for a third season, reported insiders Robert Murray and Joel Sherman. The deal is pending a physical.

The Toronto Blue Jays and star slugger Vladimir Guerror Jr. did not settle on Thursday, and will therefore head to arbitration. They came to terms with their other 11 arbitration-eligible players.

Former Red Sox top prospect Michael Chavis has a minor league deal with the Seattle Mariners. Chavis is the second Red Sox player to join the Pacific Northwest organization this week; the Mariners claimed right-handed reliever Mauricio Llovera off waivers on Wednesday.