Garrett Crochet, Aroldis Chapman Set To Make Spring Training Debuts

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The Boston Red Sox will roll out the big guns for their matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays at JetBlue Park.

Garrett Crochet and Aroldis Chapman will both take the mound on Thursday. It’ll be an interesting one for the pitching staff, with the debuting duo expected to be joined by Payton Tolle, Greg Weissert and Jovani Moran out of the bullpen — marking the rookie’s first appearance out of the bullpen during spring training.

Caleb Durbin will make his debut at second base, giving him an opportunity to work on the double-play combination with Trevor Story and Willson Contreras.

Nate Eaton (Great Britain), Moran (Puerto Rico), Weissert (Italy) and Contreras (Venezuela) continue to prepare for the World Baseball Classic, with all scheduled to depart for the international tournament on Sunday.

Boston and Tampa Bay's lineups can be found below:

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RED SOX
CF Nate Eaton
SS Trevor Story
1B Willson Contreras
2B Caleb Durbin
C Connor Wong
DH Kristian Campbell
3B Andruw Monasterio
LF Allan Castro
RF Braiden Ward

P Garrett Crochet

RAYS
SS Carson Williams
LF Justyn-Henry Malloy
DH Junior Caminero
RF Edward Olivares
1B Jonathan Aranda
2B Ben Williamson
3B Raynel Delgado
CF Homer Bush Jr.
C Dom Keegan

P Steven Matz

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