Having railed against spring training, it's about time to get back to following it.
The Red Sox are on the road today, heading to Jupiter, Florida to play against the St. Louis Cardinals. The good news is, they've actually brought a reasonably interesting lineup with them.
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Darnell McDonald, LF
3. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
4. David Ortiz, DH
5. Oscar Tejeda, 2B
6. Lars Anderson, 1B
7. Yamaico Navarro, SS
8. Juan Carlos Linares, RF
9. Mark Wagner, C
At the very least there's none of the Suttons et al. Though a Ryan Kalish or Josh Reddick here-and-there wouldn't hurt.
Jaime Garcia gets the start for the Cardinals, while Stolmy Pimentel takes the mound for the Red Sox. That's a bit of a mismatch, but oh well.
Oh, hey, there's also a game in Fort Myers against Houston! Only Gameday for that one though.
1. Ryan Kalish, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Carl Crawford, LF
4. J.D. Drew, DH
5. Jed Lowrie, 1B
6. Jarrod Saltamacchia, C
7. Josh Reddick, RF
8. Nate Spears, 3B
9. Jose Iglesias, SS
Josh Beckett has the start for Boston against Aneury Rodriguez.
Go Sox!