BOSTON (AP) — The struggling Boston Purple Sox may very well be getting some offensive assist quickly.
Supervisor Alex Cora mentioned Masataka Yoshida would begin a rehab project with Triple-A Worcester on Tuesday. The 31-year-old DH/outfielder has been out the whole season following surgical procedure on his proper shoulder in October.
“He’ll go on a rehab project. We’ll see what number of at-bats he wants,” Cora mentioned Saturday earlier than the Purple Sox confronted the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park. “He’s transferring properly, the swing feels nice, the throwing has been lots higher. He’s been in a position to bounce again, so we simply should map it out and see how we’re going to do it.”
Cora mentioned he’d additionally play some video games within the outfield. Final season, he was primarily the DH, moving into left area solely as soon as in 108 video games.
In his first season in 2023 after signing a $90-million, five-year free agent deal with the team, he performed 85 video games in left.
On Saturday, Yoshida was shagging fly balls throughout batting observe in proper area, ran the bases whereas others had been hitting and took BP.
Additionally, third baseman Alex Bregman, who has been sidelined since late May with a strained right quad, ran evenly within the infield, and took grounders at third, throwing throughout the diamond earlier than the Purple Sox took BP.
“He’s simply ending taking floor balls,” Cora mentioned. “It was a great day for him and Masa.”
When he was injured, Bregman was one of many membership’s best hitters, batting .299 with 11 homers and 35 RBIs in 51 video games.
Cora not too long ago mentioned the 31-year-old Bregman isn’t anticipated to return till after the All-Star break.
Boston entered Saturday on a season-high six sport dropping streak, its longest since September 2022. The Purple Sox dropped the opener of a three-game sequence towards Toronto, 9-0, on Friday night.
The Purple Sox signed Bregman as a free agent to a $120-million, three-year contract in mid-February.
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