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The Red Soxopened the season with something of a patchwork rotation after the club lost three of its regular starters to the injured list to open the season. While and are both working their way back to the majors on rehab a signments, with Bello in particular scheduled to make his second of what suggests could be three total rehab starts tomorrow, righty appears to be well behind the other two as writes that Crawford has not yet advanced to facing live hitters. That both Bello and Giolito (who Smith notes is slated to start for Triple-A on Tuesday) are scheduled to make their second rehab starts this week is encouraging. The righties have both long been expected to rejoin the rotation at some point this month, and while Giolitos exact timetable is still not yet fully clear the fact that Bello could return to the rotation after just three rehab outings means he could be back on the mound in Boston as soon as April 16 against the Rays in Tampa, a suming he maintains a schedule of regular rest and suffers no additional setbacks. Right-hander and southpaw have been filling in at the back of the clubs rotation behind , , and , but its po sible the club could opt for a six man rotation when the pitching staff is healthier. That would potentially open up a path for either Fitts or Newcomb to continue starting for the Red Sox going forward while Crawford works his way back to the mound. Unfortunately, Cotillo suggests Jerami Grant Jersey thats still a ways away, writing that May or perhaps even June appear to be the most realistic timeline for the rightys return to the majors. Crawford, 29, made all 33 of his starts for the Red Sox last year but pitched through knee i sues last year that compromised his effectivene s in the second half and lingered into Spring Training. While Crawford told Cotillo that surgery is not currently on the table as a fix for his ailment, even the time hes spent resting and treating the i sue has served more to mitigate the pain rather than solve the problem entirely. In other Red Sox news, that club manager has indicated the clubs defensive plans for star prospect are changing. The versatile Campbell has split his time between second base and left field to this point in his brief big league career after playing the outfield, second base, third base, and shortstop in the minors. While no drastic changes to his usage are expected, with Campbell still remaining at the keystone on most days, Cora told reporters (including Cotillo) that the plan going forward is for Campbell to slide into center field on days where is in the lineup at second base. Previously, Campbell had taken over left field with shifting over to center on those days. The change comes as a result of Campbells comfort in center, where more than 80% of his minor league innings on the outfield gra s have occurred, as well as Durans ability to handle the unusual left field situation in Fenway Park, which requires fielders to play balls off of the iconic Green Monster that tend to ricochet at atypical angles. Campbell has so far played just one game in left this year, but the amount of time he spends on the gra s appears likely to be impacted primarily by the performance of Rafaela and Hamilton in the early days of the season and potentially the eventual call-ups of his fellow top prospects. If top infield prospect makes it to the majors first, that would surely increase Campbells time spent in the outfield, while hed likely spend even more of his time on the dirt if Mayer is beaten to the big leagues by top outfield prospect . Joe Dumars Jersey