FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Saturday marks a somewhat historic day for the Red Sox, who will open up their Grapefruit League schedule — and be subject to baseball’s new rules for the first time — against the Braves at CoolToday Park in North Port, Florida.
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Boston will face Atlanta at 1:05 p.m. ET. All of MLB’s new rules, including the pitch clock, elimination of the shift and bigger bases, will be in effect. Those rules weren’t in play when the Sox took on Northeastern in their exhibition opener Friday in Fort Myers.