J.D. Martinez status: Boston Red Sox will waiting for joint COVID committee to clear slugger, hope remains for him to play Sunday

It’s less hour and a half before first pitch and the Red Sox have yet to finalize a lineup. That’s because they are waiting on MLB to clear J.D. Martinez. “We’re still waiting,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “We should know in a little bit. We do feel confidence that he will play today but we still have to wait.