The Red Sox released their lineup about 3½ hours before first pitch against the San Francisco Giants on Sunday afternoon.
It was one that made you look twice. And then a third time.
Nate Eaton, Romy Gonzalez, Rob Refsnyder, and Abraham Toro are players you’d expect in the same lineup only during spring training, not in a regular-season game with a chance to win a series on the road.
But with Alex Bregman and Triston Casas on the injured list and Rafael Devers now across the field playing for the Giants, the Red Sox have used 48 different lineups over 79 games, 70 when you include pitchers.
“The roster right now is very flexible,” manager Alex Cora said before the game.
That’s a polite way of saying, “We have a lot of utility players.”
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