It was an ugly spring for Red Sox righty Tanner Houck, and there's some reason to be concerned about him heading into his regular season debut Friday.

A pair of solo first-pitch home runs by Wilyer Abreu and Kristian Campbell were the notable exceptions. It was each player’s first round-trippers of the preseason, an encouraging sign as Abreu missed most of the Grapefruit League schedule as he recovered from a viral gastrointestinal illness and Campbell is the frontrunner for the second-base job.

Spring training has not gone remotely how Rafael Devers hoped it would. Not only has he been caught in drama (mostly of his own doing), but he has been dealing