The Red Sox look to get into the win column when Garrett Richards makes his Boston debut this afternoon (1:10 p.m., NESN) against Bruce Zimmermann and the Orioles.
Richards, who missed the latter portion of camp due to COVID-19 contact tracing protocols, was cleared by medical professionals to return to the team last week when it was determined Matt Barnes’s positive test was non-contagious. Hopefully the days off help Richards put his spring training behind him; the righty put up an ERA of 5.93 over 16 Grapefruit League innings, and will look to turn the page on that nonsense starting today.