It’s a day for the Sox to rest and recharge before an intense and difficult stretch of games through the middle of the month.
It’s Thursday, which means the Sox are off as they will be for every Thursday but one between now and August 21st.
It’s probably for the best as it will allow the bullpen to get something closer to a proper amount of rest each week compared to what we’ve seen so far this season. Helping matters even more in this department on this particular Thursday is the fact that both Lucas Giolito and Walker Buehler both gave the team bounce back starts and ate up 13 of the 18 innings in those two games.
The Sox will need all the firepower they can get ready to go in this next stretch of games as they host the Yankees for three this weekend and then embark on a nine game west coast road trip to play the Mariners, Giants, and Angels.
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