Red Sox at Rays lineup: Nick Pivetta will gas you up

Let’s do dis. John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports The Red Sox are back in action at 1:05 p.m. for a nine-inning game against the Rays Tuesday after a sweet, sweet off day. There’s no NESN broadcast for this one, but you can watch the Rays broadcast with an MLB.TV subscription

Nick Pivetta will make his second spring appearance, nearly a week after a March debut that saw him top 96 MPH on the radar gun. Calling his velocity something “I’ve always had in my back pocket,” the 2020 trade acquisition. says he has been focused on throwing harder in games, per MassLive’s Christopher Smith.

“I’ve definitely taken a lot of steps forward from when I was at the alternate site (last summer) to now,”…