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Mookie Betts to second base? Alex Cora isn’t ruling it out

Red Sox manager Alex Cora smiled before issuing a warning for reporters ahead of batting practice at Fenway Park Saturday afternoon.

“You’re going to see Mookie taking ground balls at second,” Cora said. “But he’s doing that the whole season, so do not overreact. That’s part of his preparation.”

Sure enough, less than an hour later, Boston’s prized right fielder Mookie Betts was stationed in between first and second, fielding ground balls. As Cora noted, the drill is part of Betts’s normal routine, but there was some heightened attention surrounding his reps Saturday, just a few days before the start of the World Series.