Reese McGuire’s time with the Red Sox effectively came to an end around the trade deadline, but now he has officially moved on.

According to MLB’s transaction log, McGuire elected free agency at the conclusion of the regular season and is now free to sign with any team. McGuire was one of two Red Sox players who ended the year at Triple-A to do so, the other being right-hander Yohan Ramirez.

Both McGuire and Ramirez had been designated for assignment earlier this year but cleared waivers. Neither had enough service time at that point to become free agents, so they remained with the Red Sox in Worcester for the remainder of the season.

Originally acquired at the 2022 trade deadline from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for left-hander Jake Diekman, McGuire initially exceeded expectations and emerged as an impact bat over the second half of that season. He batted .337 with an .877 OPS over his first 36 games with the organization, but over the following two years his production began to dip. McGuire batted .267 with only one home run in 2023, and this past year he batted .209 with a .575 OPS before he was DFA’d on July 28 to make room for his replacement, catcher Danny Jansen.

Once McGuire cleared waivers and was outrighted to Worcester, he appeared in 13 games with the WooSox and batted .114.

If the Red Sox don’t re-sign McGuire over the winter, he will finish his time in Boston having batted .264 over 161 games in parts of three seasons. Though Danny Jansen is a pending free agent, the Red Sox still have starter Connor Wong under team control along with top prospect Kyle Teel, who has already reached Triple-A and could factor into the big league equation next spring.