Boston Red Sox Announce 2025 Promotional Schedule & Giveaways

The Boston Red Sox have unveiled their promotional calendar for the 2025 season at Fenway Park. It includes eight dates where there will be giveaways to the first 7,500 fans. Here are the selected dates with the corresponding giveaways:

• Monday, April 7 vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Jarren Duran All-Star Game MVP Bobblehead
• Monday, April 21 vs. Chicago White Sox: Patriots' Day Puffy Vest
• Thursday, April 24 vs. Seattle Mariners: Wally or Tessie Squishy Pillow
• Tuesday, May 6 vs. Texas Rangers: Rafaela CF or SS Bobblehead
• Sunday, May 25 vs. Baltimore Orioles: Charm Hat with Charms
• Wednesday, June 11 vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Beach Towel
• Wednesday, July 2 vs. Cincinnati Reds: 1975 Replica Jersey
• Saturday, August 16 vs. Miami Marlins: Sling Bag

All of these giveaways are with standard tickets. Theme nights like Star Wars Night and Hello Kitty Night include giveaways but require a special ticket to receive them. Here is how the Red Sox stack up against all the other major league teams who have announced their promotional giveaway schedule included with standard ticket purchase.

• Seattle Mariners - 35 giveaways
• Los Angeles Dodgers - 34 giveaways
• Baltimore Orioles - 32 giveaways
• New York Mets - 32 giveaways
• St. Louis Cardinals - 29 giveaways
• Kansas City Royals - 27 giveaways
• Los Angeles Angels - 25 giveaways
• Pittsburgh Pirates - 23 giveaways
• Chicago White Sox - 23 giveaways
• San Francisco Giants - 22 giveaways
• Cleveland Guardians - 22 giveaways
• Texas Rangers - 21 giveaways
• Toronto Blue Jays - 21 giveaways
• Atlanta Braves - 20 giveaways
• Washington Nationals - 19 giveaways
• Chicago Cubs - 18 giveaways
• Milwaukee Brewers - 17 giveaways
• Philadelphia Phillies - 16 giveaways
• San Diego Padres - 16 giveaways
• Minnesota Twins - 15 giveaways
• Athletics - 14 giveaways
• Detroit Tigers - 14 giveaways
• Cincinnati Reds - 14 giveaways
• Tampa Bay Rays - 12 giveaways
• Colorado Rockies - 12 giveaways
• Boston Red Sox - 8 giveaways
• Miami Marlins - 0 giveaways

The Miami Marlins come in dead last with no giveaways; they have some giveaways with special tickets but none that come with just a standard ticket to the game. Somehow the Red Sox have the second fewest gate giveaways with only eight. The Red Sox have ten theme nights with giveaways that require a special ticket. So even if you counted those nights, that would still put the Red Sox behind teams like the Cleveland Guardians and the Chicago White Sox for the amount of swag the team is giving out.

Some teams give out fun unique items like the Brewers give out a Cribbage Board and the Pittsburgh Pirates give out a plush pierogi. The Red Sox never get that unique with their giveaways. Boston will have a Patriots' Day Puffy Vest on April 21st; it seems like only two other teams give out puffy vests.

While you can fault the promotions department for a lack of creativity in coming up with giveaways, the real kicker is the lack of standard giveaways. A majority of MLB teams give away team trading card packs; the Red Sox don’t have that as a standard giveaway or even with a specialty ticket. Almost half of major league teams give out team Hawaiian shirts; the Red Sox have nothing of the sort.

The lack of giveaways may not seem like a big deal but it shows a laissez-faire attitude towards the fans. The front office knows that Fenway is a small park and the Red Sox have loyal fans so most if not all games will sell out if the team remains competitive but that doesn’t mean that ticket holders don’t deserve the same amount of perks as 27 other major league teams.