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Dominican games were a party for Red Sox fans already in need of relief

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It was a good weekend for the Red Sox. Relatively, of course, this a time in their history that an actual emotion can be evoked amid games that do not matter. When injury, the annual killer of spring training vibes, already has hit hard.

Lucas Giolito is scheduled to get a second opinion Monday on his right elbow, the one last week reported to have a partially torn UCL. Good news would be, what? A few months rest? Pitching through it, a bounceback season coming despite constant worry surgery will end up needed anyway?