It's something of an open tryout at third base for the Red Sox.
With Pablo Sandoval and Brock Holt still on the DL for the foreseeable future, Marco Hernandez possibly out for the season, and Josh Rutledge playing -- to put it lightly -- uninspiring defense at the hot corner, the Sox are giving Deven Marrero a shot at third for today's game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
After Rutledge made three mistakes -- only one of which was ruled an error, to his credit -- in Friday night's 5-4 loss, manager John Farrell elected to prioritize defense for today's 1:05 p.