Chris Sale appears to be nearly prepared to start his rehab task.
Red Sox supervisor Alex Cora mentioned on NESN’s pregame present on Friday night time that Sale – who pitched to hitters on Thursday at Fenway Park – flew right down to Fort Myers, the place he’ll pitch two innings on Saturday.
“That’s the beginning of hopefully his rehab assignment,” Cora mentioned on NESN. “I do believe that’s the plan now. From there, it’s just a countdown.”
Sale pitched to reside hitters on Monday in Fort Myers for the primary time since he suffered a stress fracture in his proper rib cage in February, and touched 96 mph together with his fastball. His session on Thursday gave the impression to be extra encouraging than anticipated. Cora mentioned after that he thought Sale would pitch one other reside BP on Sunday or Monday earlier than heading to Fort Myers, however he headed down sooner.
The Red Sox are actually not dashing Sale’s rehab, nonetheless. The lefty is being constructed up as a starter and Cora advised NESN that the plan is for him to be stretched out to 5 innings in a minor league recreation earlier than he’s activated. The supervisor doesn’t have a particular timetable, however a return inside the subsequent month – maybe across the All-Star break – appears possible.
“One thing for sure, and we had this conversation last year, for how cool it is to have Chris and how excited we are, we have to be patient, right?” Cora advised NESN. “We have to be very disciplined with his rehab and whenever he’s ready, he’s ready. But it looks like from Saturday on, it’s a go. The countdown starts. We’re going to build him up as a starter. That’s loud and clear. So we just have to be patient and whenever he comes back, we know he’s going to contribute.”
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