The Red Sox kept tabs on free agent infielder Jorge Polanco before he agreed to terms with the Mets on Saturday. That pursuit wasn’t a particularly serious one, though.

Boston did not make a formal offer to Polanco before he agreed to a two-year, $40 million contract with New York, which was first reported by The Athletic’s Will Sammon . Polanco chose the Mets over the Mariners, according to Adam Jude of the Seattle Times, with Seattle making a “very competitive” two-year offer.

Polanco, who posted an .821 OPS with 26 homers and 78 RBIs and was a postseason hero for the Mariners in 2025, could have fit the Red Sox at second base or third base — or even first base, a position he will reportedly man for the Mets in the wake of Pete Alonso’s departure for Baltimore. The 32-year-old was

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