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Morning sports update: John Farrell says Andrew Benintendi is ‘not a platoon player’

The NBA Finals are underway, the Red Sox continue their series against the Orioles in Baltimore, and the Bruins have announced their preseason schedule.

John Farrell insists Andrew Benintendi is not a platoon player: “I think when we go through a stretch where there’s maybe two, three games where guys get — you take advantage your a roster, all of a sudden it becomes a platoon. He’s not a platoon player,” Farrell said before the series opener against the O’s. “But you pick spots where guys can maybe spark an offense with Chris Young being inserted.