The Red Sox (101-46) take on the perpetual disaster that is the New York Mets (68-78) tonight at Fenway Park (7:10 p.m., NESN, MLBN out-of-network). Here’s a series preview.
About tonight’s game: Hector Velazquez was supposed to start but he’s sick, so William Cuevas (0-0, 3.68 ERA) will get the emergency start. You don’t need me to tell you that Cuevas is no Noah Syndergaard (11-3 3.44 ERA), who will start for the Mets. It should be a treat to see Thor try to sneak fastballs past MVP candidates Mookie Betts and J.