The Red Sox and Pirates do battle, such as it is, for the last time in March and in spring training when they face off in Bradenton, Florida at 1:05 p.m. for a 7-inning game.
Matt wrote yesterday about how we have entered the “let’s get on with it” portion of the preseason, and nothing drives that quite like a game against Pittsburgh, whose reputation precedes it. That said, after rolling out a sorry lineup yesterday, the Sox have the regulars back in, minus Christian Vázquez, who is away from the team, and Xander Bogaerts. Now Matt Barnes has COVID and Matt Andriese, who was going to start, is out because of contact tracing.