Prior to today’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Boston Red Sox reinstated second baseman Dustin Pedroia from the 10-day injured list. To make room for Pedroia on the active 25-man roster, the club optioned infielder Tzu-Wei Lin to Triple-A Pawtucket.

President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski made the announcement.

Pedroia, 35, began the season on the injured list with left knee inflammation. He appeared in three rehab games with Single-A Greenville, playing 23 innings at second base and going 3-for-9 with two walks, a double, and a run scored. Pedroia is in his 14th major league season with the Red Sox, the majors’ fifth-longest continuous tenure for any player with their current team. The three-time World Series champion and four-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner begins his 2019 season with a career batting average of .300, having played in 1,506 games for Boston. He appeared in only three major league games in 2018 due to a pair of stints on the disabled list, last playing for the Red Sox 315 days ago on May 29, 2018 against the Blue Jays at Fenway Park.

Lin, 25, began the season with Pawtucket before being recalled by the Red Sox on April 6. He made his lone appearance for Boston that night, pinch-hitting in the club’s 5-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Lin was Pawtucket’s starting shortstop and leadoff hitter in the club’s Opening Day game at Syracuse on April 4, going 1-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base. One of only four position players in major league history born in Taiwan, the left-handed hitter has appeared in 63 games for Boston over the last three seasons (2017-19). In 2018, he batted .307 (85-for-277) with an .810 OPS for the PawSox, also appearing in 37 games over five stints with the big league club.