Red Sox Farm Report: Dustin Pedroia on verge of making his return

Dustin Pedroia continues to make progress in his return to the bigs and could rejoin the Red Sox as early as Tuesday. The second baseman started the 2019 season with Single-A Greenville after appearing in seven Grapefruit League games.

Tuesday's home opener has been Pedroia's target date since spring training. Alex Cora told reporters in Arizona there's a chance he'll achieve that goal, dependent on his evaluation on Monday.

"We'll check him out and from there we'll see what we decide," Cora said.

Dustin Pedroia plays one more with the @GreenvilleDrive Sunday, scoring a run in Greenville's 6-5 win over West Virginia pic.twitter.com/k0iUnnJBpT

Pedroia played in three of the Greenville Drive's first four games, sitting out Saturday after playing Thursday and Friday back-to-back. He played nine innings Thursday, five on Friday, then nine again on Sunday.

Pedroia went 3 for 9 with a double, a run scored, two walks and a strikeout while with the Drive. He was also part of four double plays on defense.

Michael Chavis pranked, critiques culprits' approach

Shy wouldn't be a word to describe Red Sox prospect Michael Chavis. He owns a Will Ferrell, Talladega Nights inspired "If You Ain't First, You're Last" t-shirt. He's all too eager to share his takes on Game of Thrones and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Apparently, he fancies himself an expert on mischief, too.

While in Syracuse over the weekend, Chavis received a call to his door, only to find out there was no one to be found. Well, there wasn't anyone right at his door. Because when he looked down the hall, he spotted the culprits.

Four kids just attempted to Ding Dong Ditch my hotel room and absolutely failed at the most crucial part... I look out my door and see them standing the corner of the hallway because they couldn't find the stairs... poor planning and execution.

Instead of scolding them like a parent or chasing them out of the hotel, Chavis saw this as a chance to give back and educate young pranksters. Impart some of his wisdom.

I experienced my fair share of ding dong ditches from neighborhoods to travel ball hotels.. gonna go pass the torch to these youngins and show em what it's all about brb

However, due to some complications, Chavis wasn't able to speak with them directly, so he made a tutorial video for the masses. (He spared no expenses either. This thing has visual transitions and everything.) He even posted a clip of one of his sample ding-dong ditches.

Couldn't post the whole video to twitter so here it is. I got ding dong ditched by four kids earlier who couldn't find the stairs so I caught them hiding in the corner of the hallway --

A post shared by Michael Chavis (@michael_chavis11) on Apr 6, 2019 at 6:48pm PDT

Chavis is almost a blend of Tom Emanski and Bam Margera.

If Chavis takes the same detailed approach to his hitting, then he's going to be all right. Through his first four games with Pawtucket in 2019, Chavis is 3 for 14 with a home run, two RBI, four strikeouts and two walks.