The slugger makes his first start of the spring on the last day of winter.
The Red Sox look to make it four straight wins that don’t matter when they face the Orioles this afternoon in Florida behind Tanner Houck (1:05 p.m., NESN, MLB.tv).
J.D. Martinez makes his first start of the spring, with the Red Sox lineup looking very much legitimate just four days into the abbreviated March slate. We’ve got Rafael Devers, Xander Bogaerts, Martinez and Verdugo and no Quad-A players to speak of, unless you would deign to call Jackie Bradley Jr.