Full name is Jarren William Duran...Signed by Justin Horowitz (Red Sox)...Hit .294 in 3 seasons as a 2nd baseman at California State University, Long Beach (2016-18)...Left school ranked 4th in program history with 49 stolen bases...Led the Big West Conference in 2018 with 17 steals in 19 attempts (89.5%)...Also as a junior, led LBSU in hits (67) and runs (42)...Earned Second Team All-Big West honors in 2017...Graduated in 2015 from Cypress High School.
2019
Hit .303 (157-for-519) with 24 2B, 8 3B, and 46 stolen bases between High-A Salem and Double-A Portland...Named Red Sox Minor League Base Runner of the Year...His 46 steals led Red Sox minor leaguers and ranked 8th among all of Minor League Baseball...Also led Sox minor leaguers in hits (157), runs (90), and triples (tied, 8)...Named by Baseball America the High Class A Player of the Year and a High Class A All-Star...Tabbed a Carolina League mid-season All-Star...Also named CL Player of the Week for 5/12-18...Played in the 2019 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game...Played in 24 games for Peoria in the Arizona Fall League and was selected to the Fall Stars Game...Opened the season with High-A Salem and hit safely in 40 of his 50 games with the club, including in 16 straight from 5/7-24...Named Carolina League Player of the Week for 5/12- 18 after hitting .458 (11-for-24) in 6 games...Was leading all of Minor League Baseball in AVG (.387) and OBP (.456) at the time he was promoted to Double-A Portland on 6/3, and was hitting .404 through 5/30...After batting .208 in his first 41 games with the Sea Dogs, went 47-for-161 (.292) in his final 41 games from 7/21 through the end of the season...Played in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game on 7/7 at Progressive Field...Entered in the 6th inning as a pinchhitter and remained in the game as a DH (1-for-2, SB)...Recorded a 12-game hitting streak with Portland from 7/21-8/2 (.423 AVG, 22-for-52)...Following the regular season, played in 24 games for Peoria in the Arizona Fall League and hit .267 (24- for-90) with 9 RBI and 7 stolen bases.
