It appears the Red Sox are playing it safe with Dustin Pedroia.
On Monday, manager Alex Cora announced that the Red Sox second baseman would start the 2019 campaign on the Injured List. Pedroia will not join the team in Seattle on March 28 for Opening Day and will remain in extended spring training to continue rehabbing the knee that kept him out of all but three games last season.
According to Cora, Pedroia has been progressing nicely throughout the spring but the team’s priority is to lean on the side of caution. There is no timetable for his return.