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Red Sox OF Jarren Duran held back from Cleveland Guardians fan after tense confrontation

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Jarren Duran
Apr 2, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran (16) looks on during the first inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images

Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran was held back by his teammates and umpires after he confronted a Cleveland Guardians fan during the game on Sunday. Red Sox reporter Will Middlebrooks said, “Absolutely unacceptable behavior from the fan. Told him he should have killed himself when he had the chance. Disgusting.” The fan was ejected after the incident.

“(Somebody) started hollering at Jarren Duran. And Duran is a guy who has been very open about his struggles, personal struggles,” the Guardians broadcast said, per Red Sox reporter Gabrielle Starr. “And can only imagine what that fan may have said to Jarren Duran, but Duran went – he was headed toward that fan and his teammates bolted out of that dugout.”

Jarren Duran talked about his personal struggles in the Netflix documentary The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox. “I was already hearing it from fans,” Duran recalled to Netflix, per MLB.com. “And what they said to me, [it was like], ‘I’ve told myself 10 times worse in the mirror.’ That was a really tough time for me. I didn’t even want to be here anymore …”

Jarren Duran opens up about his personal struggles

Director Greg Whiteley asked Duran, “When you say ‘here,’ you mean ‘here’ with the Red Sox or ‘here’ on planet Earth?” That’s when Duran got more in-depth with his personal struggles.

“Probably both. Yeah. Probably both,” he said. “I got to a point where I was sitting in my room, I had my rifle and I had a bullet and I pulled the trigger and the gun clicked, but nothing happened. So, to this day, I think God just didn’t let me take my own life because I seriously don’t know why it didn’t go off.

“I took it as a sign of, ‘I might have to be here for a reason’, so that’s when I started to look myself in the mirror after the gun didn’t go off. I was like, ‘Do I want to be here or do I not want to be here?’ That happened for a reason and obviously, you’re here for a reason so let’s be the way you want to be and play you want to play and live the way you want to live.”

Duran, 28, has been with the Red Sox since 2021. He made the All-Star team and was named to the All-MLB Second Team last year after hitting 48 doubles, 14 triples and 21 home runs with 75 RBIs with a .285 batting average.