Daily Red Sox Links: Rusney Castillo, John Farrell, Sam Travis

Rusney Castillo didn’t exactly impress in the first game of spring training. (Christopher Smith; MassLive)

John Farrell has his naysayers. Dave Dombrowski isn’t one of them. (Christopher Smith; MassLive)

The Red Sox played Northeastern yesterday. That might not move the needle much but these six spring training games will. (Sam Galanis; NESN)

Pedro Martinez pitched a lot of great games for the Red Sox. Here’s him talking about the time he struck out 17 Yankees and allowed just one hit. (Lou Merloni; CSNNE)

Sam Travis said he’s stronger than ever. Then he homered in the spring training opener. Well I’m convinced. (Christopher Smith; MassLive)

Red Sox fans may not be a fan of Derek Jeter, but the former Yankees shortstop is a fan of Mookie Betts. (Randy Miller; NJ.com)

Remember when Blake Swihart had the yips earlier this week? Well he doesn’t. (Rob Bradford; WEEI)