The Red Sox and Rays face off this afternoon at 1:05 p.m. as Nick Pivetta makes his second start of March—and second against Tampa Bay—after a strong first outing. This one is being broadcast by the Rays network, so those with an MLB.TV subscription can watch.
The hopes for Pivetta, one of Chaim Bloom’s first non-Mookie trade additions, are fairly high, and the pitcher thinks, like the Sox brass, that he’s ready to step into the rotation, per the Herald’s Steve Hewitt, after a productive summer in Pawtucket:
“I’ve definitely taken a lot of steps forward from when I was at the alternate site to now,” Pivetta said.