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Yesterday was a messy one. David Price was set to make his first Grapefruit League start, and I wrote as much, before he did a simulated start instead, thanks to the weather. Jalen Beeks started in his place, and it was... very, very bad, as Boston was down 9-0 after one inning. (That’s bad.) The game got rained out (huzzah!), but it couldn’t save Beeks, who was optioned this morning. He wasn’t the only one:
#RedSox roster moves: pic.twitter.com/8JrX5xDujN
— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) March 11, 2018
With the season rapidly approaching — the clocks are even right — Rick Porcello heads to the mound for his second start of the preseason, against the O’s (1:05 p.m. NESN). Reminders that a) this is your gamethread, and b) after yesterday, I make no promises that this is the lineup the Sox will end up using. I only know what they tell me, and they tell me this is today’s slate:
- Mookie Betts, RF
- Jackie Bradley Jr., CF
- Hanley Ramirez, DH
- J.D. Martinez, LF
- Xander Bogaerts, SS
- Rafael Devers, 3B
- Mitch Moreland, 1B
- Eduardo Nunez, 2B
- Blake Swihart, C
SP: Porcello, RHP