The Red Sox return to Boston for an afternoon home opener against their Florida neighbors, the Minnesota Twins, this afternoon at Fenway Park behind Nick Pivetta (2:10 p.m., NESN). It’s also Jackie Robinson Day, with the league celebrating the man who broke the color barrier in the sport.
The Sox sit at 3-3 before today’s game, a half-game back of all the other three contenders, who sit at 4-3. It’s already clear that the bullpen is going to give us some heart palpitations all year, but isn’t that always the case? The key is to get into position to have said palpitations to take it from there.