Boston Red Sox Jarren Duran: ‘I thought I was going to be released’ by Red Sox "I hate looking at the numbers but when you’re going bad, you look at the numbers and it was pretty obvious how bad I was." Jarren Duran is sticking with the Red Sox for the stretch run. “To be honest, I thought I was going to be released,” Duran told Speier on Tuesday. I hate looking at the numbers but when you’re going bad, you look at the numbers and it was pretty obvious how bad I was. Conor Ryan Sports Writer Conor Ryan is a staff writer covering the Bruins, Celtics, Patriots, and Red Sox for Boston.com, a role he has held since 2023.