Barnes tested positive on 3/27. With no symptoms and clearance from a doctor, he'd be available 4/6. He could miss just 4 games.
Everyone else "could" be ready for game 2.
1st game of the year could be an interesting pitching staff.
@ChrisCotillo
One free-agent reliever the Red Sox are showing interest in, per source: Héctor Rondón. 33-year-old opted out of minor-league deal with Phillies last week.
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Baseball America has Marcelo Mayer as the 4th ranked player ATM.
https://www.lookoutlanding.com/2020/9/21/21446821/2021-mlb-draft-scouting-report-ss-marcelo-mayer
https://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=381047
Also, I don't know of any Rays fans around here, so I can't ask them. Being on the Atlantic, we're in the Marlins catchment area. However, the Lightning have a fairly decent following over here.
@pgammo
Kodi Clemens is hitting .333 for the Tigers this spring
30th ranked Tigers prospect:
Clemens had a pretty strong 2019 in the Florida State League (his .238/.314/.411 line was above league average there), albeit as an old-for-the-level hitter whose sourced, proprietary xStats were below his batting line. He spent his 2020 summer playing in the Constellation Energy League in Texas and didn’t perform especially well there, then finished the year in instructs. Clemens generates consistent hard contact because of the strength in his wrists and hands, he has a low-ball proclivity and can put balls out to left-center. His lower half and hands often appear disconnected, which can result in ugly contact that’s still hit hard because of Clemens’ strength. He’s likely a lower OBP part-time infielder with some pop, capable of playing a passable 3B/2B. His approach was a little loose during 2020 and needs to be more discerning in 2021.
With Boston’s 8-3 win over the Twins on Sunday, they clinched the spring series against their cross-town rivals and got to live out their childhood dreams of winning the Cup.
@PeteAbe
A few other Sox updates:
* Roster could be 13/13 for a few days with some of the pitchers out.
* Cordero is good to go for Opening Day.
* Barnes doesn't have any symptoms.
* Final two ST games will be 7 innings.
* If they need an extra catcher, it would be somebody off the 40
Second to last ST game. LFG!
@jcmccaffrey
Red Sox at Braves (7 inn.): Hernández 2B, Verdugo RF, Martinez DH, Bogaerts SS, Gonzalez 3B, Cordero LF, Chavis 1B, Plawecki C, Duran CF, Houck RHP
I was just drafting on the app on my phone. If I had known about the video chat, I would have probably grabbed the laptop. Would have made the 2 hours go by faster.