It’s hard to find a better timed off day than this one for the Red Sox: • The rotation needs rest because they’re operating without a No. 5 that can do the bare minimum of not lighting the game on fire in the early innings. • The bullpen needs rest because they’re either cleaning up the majority of the game’s outs from a short lived starter or trying to protect a narrow lead handed to them by one of the top members of the rotation. • The offense needs a rest because they’re getting banged up and have quietly failed to score more than three runs in 12 of their last 20 games. • And let’s face it, everybody from the players to the coaches to the fans need a mental day off to fully process the Roman Anthony injury and reset things going forward.

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