Play Ball! Red Sox Opening Day Arrives — With Some Pitching Worries

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April 03, 2017

Bob Oakes

Preparations were underway last week at Fenway Park for Monday's season opener, when the Red Sox host the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Sharon Brody/WBUR)

Monday is Opening Day for the Boston Red Sox. It's also a rare start to the season at home — the Sox are facing the Pittsburgh Pirates at Fenway Park.

The Red Sox are coming off a 2016 season that saw them win the AL East only to get swept out of the playoffs by the Cleveland Indians.

For a look ahead to the 2017 season, Trenni Kusnierek, who covers the Red Sox for Comcast Sports Net New England, joined WBUR's Morning Edition.

This segment aired on April 3, 2017.