9) Boston and San Diego will play the second game of their three-game series Saturday at 8:40 p.m. Red Sox righty Lucas Giolito (8-2, 3.57 ERA) will start opposite Padres right-hander Michael King (4-2, 2.59 ERA).

Many of the choices were easy. A couple are worthy of serious debate. And every player selected won a World Series with the Red Sox.

Although they came out on the better side of the Buehler/Nick Pivetta matchup, it was a bit of a sliding-doors moment for the Red Sox, who were interested in retaining Pivetta last offseason before pivoting to Buehler.

Wilyer Abreu made former teammate Nick Pivetta pay for his mistakes with a two-run home run in a four-run fourth inning and Masataka Yoshida also connected to help the Boston Red Sox beat the San Diego Padres 10-2 on Friday night.

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The Red Sox's talented 21-year-old becomes a wealthy man, while baseball takes another step away from the purity of a process never meant to influence financial outcomes.

The Boston Red Sox signed Roman Anthony to a historic $130 million contract on Wednesday, and he posted a one-word message on social media afterwards.