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- Updated: September 15, 2016
BOSTON — The payoff from Red Sox manager John Farrell choosing to pick his spots in resting David Ortiz this season is that the 40-year-old slugger should be in position to start the final 17 games of the regular season.
“He’ll be in the lineup every day — every day he’s capable,” Farrell said. “And hopefully that’s every single game going forward.”
Aside from giving Ortiz days off either right before or after a long night of travel, Farrell prevented Ortiz from playing defense in nine of the Red Sox’s 10 Interleague road games.
Ortiz started 124 of Boston’s first 146 games.
Including a team off-day after the recent road trip …
