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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MAY 13: Wilyer Abreu #52 of the Boston Red Sox bats against the Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning at Fenway Park on May 13, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty Images)
The Boston Red Sox will go for their second series sweep of the 2026 season against the Seattle Mariners. However, they’ll do it without right fielder Wilyer Abreu in their starting lineup.
Red Sox go for a sweep with Wilyer Abreu getting a rare, scheduled day off.
Seigler 2B Rafaela CF Gasper DH Contreras 1B Duran LF Durbin 3B Mayer SS Wong C Eaton RF
Abreu, 26, has been one of the few bright spots for the Red Sox in what’s been a miserable 2026 season. He enters this game with a .275/.334/.433 slash with nien home runs and a 108 wRC+.
MassLive’s Chris Cotillo noted that Abreu has started 73 of the team’s 74 games on the season. The only other game he was out of the lineup was on April 15 against the Minnesota Twins. Utilityman Nate Eaton will start in right field.
Abreu is the second starting outfielder to take a day out of the lineup in this weekend series against the Mariners. Center fielder Cedanne Rafaela sat out the Red Sox’s 5-1 win on June 20.
Interim manager Chad Tracy has been looking to get his starting outfield rest days on this six-game road trip to the West Coast.
“The intent on this trip is to try to, whether it’s DH or an off day, to mix in a break for those guys, especially with this trip, going west and how rigorous that can be,” Tracy told Cotillo on June 18.
The Red Sox take on Logan Gilbert, with a first pitch time at T-Mobile Park set for 4:10 pm ET.
Michael McDermott Michael McDermott covers MLB for Heavy Sports. He's previously published content for SB Nation, Sports Illustrated, and FanSided in 11 seasons. Covered the Arizona Diamondbacks as an on-site reporter for the 2022-2024 seasons and the Arizona Fall League for 2022-2025. More about Michael McDermott