Garrett Crochet pitched seven innings of near shutout baseball. Aside from two fastballs that the Braves managed to get on top of and hit over the monster, he was nearly flawless. His velocity was up. His command was excellent. He probably didn’t execute with two strikes as well as he would’ve liked to, but he was fantastic nonetheless.

The Boston Red Sox are going to give rookie Kristian Campbell a try at first base. Campbell worked out at first ahead of Friday night's game against the Atlanta Braves at Fenway Park. Campbell entered the season as one of baseball's top prospects and was named Boston's starting second baseman after an impressive spring.

The New York Yankees would trade away their $12 million first baseman to the rival Boston Red Sox in this hypothetical.

The Red Sox have selected reliever Nick Burdi, first reported by Christopher Smith of MassLive. Cooper Criswell has been optioned to make room for him on the 40-man roster, and Ku