Bregman 'in a great place,' to return for Red Sox

Boston Red Sox 3rd baseman Alex Bregman, who has been sidelined since May 24 with a strained close quad, volition "play this weekend," manager Alex Cora said Thursday.

"He's gonna hit, instrumentality grounders, past we'll determine what we do," Cora told reporters aft Bregman went done a afloat workout anterior to Thursday's game. "He'll play this weekend."

The Red Sox person 3 games remaining against the Tampa Bay Rays done Sunday, and Bregman could beryllium activated arsenic soon arsenic Friday nighttime without a insignificant league rehab assignment.

"He's successful a large spot and we're going to spot the player," Cora told reporters. "... My biggest interest is the antiaircraft portion of it: the 9 innings retired there, going into the dugout, going backmost and forth, the pop-up down the line, the bunts and each that, but helium has checked astir each box.

"... You gain, I don't know, five, six oregon 7 at-bats [in a rehab assignment], truthful wherefore not get them here?"

Bregman, who signed a three-year, $120 cardinal woody with the Red Sox this offseason, was hitting .299 with 11 homers and 35 RBIs earlier the injury. He was selected to his 3rd All-Star squad arsenic a reserve, but helium volition not play successful Tuesday's crippled successful Atlanta.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.