Moncada will be given a day off Wednesday, Jen McCaffrey of MassLive.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

The original plan was to have Moncada play all three games in San Diego, but Padres' pitchers are taking advantage of an NLM newbie. The 21-year-old is 0-for-7 with seven strikeouts through the first two games and manager John Farrell decided to give him a breather. "He's getting pitched to," Farrell said. "He's seeing some things here for the first time. 3-2 breaking balls for strikes, backdoor breaking balls from left-handers that I'm sure in Portland and in the Eastern League, he's not going to see all that often." With San Diego scheduled to start right-hander Jarred Cosart on Wednesday, we expect Travis Shaw to start at third base for Boston.