G32: Red Sox at Blue Jays, PPD., Players' Strike

The Red Sox and Blue Jays will not play tonight.

Julian McWilliams, Boston Globe:

The decision to opt out of playing follows outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr.'s choice to sit out of the game in protest.

Bradley decided to sit out to bring awareness to police brutality against Black people in the wake of the recent shooting of Jacob Blake by a Wisconsin police officer. ...

Manager Ron Roenicke indicated earlier Thursday that the team's leadership would support whatever the players decide to do.

"Whatever Jackie, whatever the players feel like is right to do, I know [chief baseball officer] Chaim [Bloom] is certainly behind all of this, and our organization, too," Roenicke told MLB Network Radio.…