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How an uneasy weekend made me feel better about the Red Sox

COMMENTARY

It’s been quite the final week at Red Sox spring training, a year that’s been about everyone on the planet dodging bullets concentrated to a Matrix-like, 96-hour limbo for Earth’s 22nd-best baseball team (give or take).

Matt Barnes contracted coronavirus, only to then discover maybe he actually didn’t. Christian Vázquez got hit in the eye with a throw, but not only won’t he miss a single regular-season game, he’s going to end up with a scar his wife loves. Eduardo Rodriguez — continuing a career rich in the concept of “aww, damn” — was scratched from a second straight Opening Day start.