The Red Sox started their spring training action on Friday with a win against Northeastern, but Saturday marked the beginning of their Grapefruit League schedule. Fittingly, the 2019 season really got started against the Yankees, though it obviously wasn’t filled with the players we’ll be seeing when the games begin to count. Still, there were some fun names on both sides and good performances all around. In the end, the Red Sox were able to head home with a 1-0 record down in Florida following an 8-5 victory.
Players can’t really affect a game in a terribly significant way in spring training, particularly early in camp when most of the guys are playing about half a game at most.