FORT MYERS, Fla. — After being held out for the primary week of sport motion, a number of key Red Sox place gamers will return to the lineup this weekend, beginning with outfielder Jarren Duran on Friday.
Red Sox supervisor Alex Cora confirmed that Duran will make his spring debut in Friday’s sport in opposition to the Minnesota Twins and that he’ll function a chosen hitter. Triston Casas (flu) will make his debut throughout Saturday’s break up squad video games and Connor Wong (elbow soreness) can be again behind the plate, and infielder Vaughn Grissom (hamstring) is predicted again on Sunday.
Casas returned to camp on Wednesday after being away from the power for a number of days, and Cora mentioned the primary baseman is feeling significantly better. He added that Casas has fallen a little bit behind in his working development however is in any other case in a fantastic spot.
In phrases of pitching, Cora additionally laid out the Red Sox upcoming starters by means of the top of the weekend. Lucas Giolito will begin for Boston on Friday in opposition to the Twins over at Hammond Stadium, and in Saturday’s break up squad video games Nick Pivetta will begin in opposition to the Rays in Port Charlotte and Brayan Bello and Tanner Houck will each take the mound in opposition to the Nationals at JetBlue Park.
Kutter Crawford will then begin Sunday in opposition to the Blue Jays and Josh Winckowski on Monday in opposition to Detroit in Lakeland.
Following Giolito on Friday, the Red Sox additionally introduced that Chris Murphy, Isaiah Campbell, Justin Slaten, Helcris Olivarez and Justin Hagenman will all come out of the bullpen in reduction. First pitch Friday is scheduled for 1:05 p.m.
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