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Red Sox at Twins lineups: The beginning of the end of the beginning

Spring Training finished with two games against Minnesota starting this afternoon behind

Huck it.

The Red Sox and Twins face off for the 51st and second-to-last time this spring when Tanner Houck faces Bailey Ober this afternoon in Florida (1:05 p.m., MLB.tv).

It’s mostly the ‘A’ team again—unsurprisingly, given that the season starts on Thursday—minus Alex Verdugo, which, we’ll live. The good news is that the sore-wristed Xander Bogearts is in the lineup, with Trevor Story batting fifth to round out the big bats at the top.