Dustin Pedroia returned from the disabled list on Tuesday. As expected, he occupied the DH spot in the lineup to re-acclimate his knees to playing time and keep both Eduardo Nunez and Rafael Devers in the lineup. John Farrell had suggested that Pedroia might play the field on Wednesday, but instead, Pedroia found himself on the bench during the Red Sox’ series finale against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Two days later, including an off-day for the club, and the veteran second baseman still isn’t back in the lineup. Ahead of Friday’s series opener against the New York Yankees, whom the Red Sox hold a 4.