Red Sox at Rays: Roman Anthony makes his spring debut

ALERT! ALERT! THERE IS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ON YOUR TELEVISION TODAY. REPEAT: WE HAVE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ON TV!

This afternoon the Red Sox will tackle the Rays at Charlotte Sports activities Park in Charlotte, Florida, aka the different of the Rays’ two spring coaching ballparks that they’ll name dwelling this season. There may be doubtless just one Crimson Sox common within the lineup at this time (Ceddanne Rafaela, who will likely be patrolling heart and batting third), however that is nonetheless a really thrilling assortment of expertise:

That’s two of the large three within the beginning lineup, together with the intriguing Quinn Priester, who is nearly actually going to make some massive league begins for the Sox this 12 months and has the pedigree to interrupt into the rotation for good.

There’s nonetheless a number of inches of ice on the bottom so gentle a hearth, crack open a beer (ideally one thing darkish), perhaps pair it with some room temperature Alpine cheese and revel in actual, dwell precise baseball this afternoon.