BIOGRAPHY
Jarren Duran was September 5, 1996, in Corona, California. He is an outfielder in the MLB.
Duran spent his first professional season with the Lowell Spinners and Greenville Drive, batting a combined .357 during 2018. He started the 2019 season with the Class A-Advanced Salem Red Sox and was promoted to the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs on June 3. In mid-June, Duran was added to the top 100 prospects list of Baseball America, at number 99.[10] Duran was named to the 2019 All-Star Futures Game, going 1-for-2 after entering the game in the sixth inning. In mid-September, Duran was named the High-A (Class A-Advanced) player of the year by Baseball America and was named the Red Sox' minor league baserunner of the year. Overall during 2019 with both Salem and Portland, Duran batted .303 with five home runs and 38 RBIs in 132 games.
Duran was invited to spring training by the Red Sox in 2020. He did not play that season, due to the cancellation of the minor league season. In November 2020, he was ranked by Baseball America as the Red Sox' number five prospect. During the 2020–21 Puerto Rican Winter League season, he was named MVP of the final series, helping Criollos de Caguas to the championship.
The Red Sox invited Duran to their spring training for the second consecutive season in 2021; he subsequently started the season with the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox. On July 16, he was formally selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time. He made his MLB debut the following day, starting in center field against the New York Yankees. In his first at-bat, he collected his first major-league hit off of Gerrit Cole and came around to score his first major-league run two batters later.
Overall for the season 2022, Duran played in 58 major-league games, batting .221 with 3 home runs and 17 RBIs, and 68 minor-league games, batting .283 with 10 home runs and 38 RBIs.
