PT TODAY: Swihart gets his chance with the Red Sox

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Red Sox | Blake Swihart starting Saturday
The Boston Red Sox have called up C Blake Swihart from Triple-A Pawtucket. He is in the starting lineup against the New York Yankees Saturday, May 2, batting ninth.  Source: The Associated Press
 
BHQ take: Swihart was sent down at the end of spring training to work on his defense, but will now continue that work in the majors, thanks to Ryan Hanigan's broken right pinky knuckle (which is expected to keep him out for a "lengthy" period of time, per BOS manager John Farrell). Swihart's bat was never a question (.338/.392/.382 in 68 AB at Triple-A Pawtucket in 2015),...

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