Sandy Leon sitting on Monday for Boston

Boston Red Sox catcher Sandy Leon is not starting on Monday versus the Seattle Mariners.

What It Means:

Leon has started three of the past four behind the plate for Boston, but he'll take a seat for tonight's series opener against left-hander James Paxton and the Mariners. Christian Vazquez will bat eighth while catching Red Sox southpaw Eduardo Rodriguez.

On the season, Leon is slashing .239/.292/.367 with 5 dingers and 23 RBI across 196 plate appearances (55 games). numberFire's models project him to turn in a .252 batting average 122 plate appearances over the remainder of the year.