Whenever the third baseman does get put into the lineup, he did say he doesn't plan on playing in next week's All-Star Game despite being named for the first time since 2019.

Boston veteran Alex Bregman, a 31-year-old third baseman who has been sidelined since May 24 with a strained right quad, believes he'll be able to skip a minor-league rehab assignment and be back in the Red Sox lineup before the All-Star break.

Roman Anthony’s recent hot stretch has put him among Red Sox greats. Baseball’s top prospect is 17-for-44 with six extra-base hits in his last 10 games, per Red Sox stats expert J.P. Long. At 21 years and 56 days old,