{"id":5232,"date":"2026-07-18T23:03:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5232"},"modified":"2026-07-18T23:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:03:31","slug":"red-sox-aiming-for-ranger-suarez-to-return-on-homestand-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5232","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox aiming for Ranger Suarez to return on homestand this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span><b>Ranger Suarez<\/b> is tracking toward a return to the Red Sox\u2019 rotation this week, interim manager <b>Chad Tracy<\/b> said Saturday, though the team has not chosen a day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5231\">Taylor Farms to remove some products after link to Cyclospora cases<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Out with a strained left groin, Suarez is eligible to come off the injured list on Tuesday. Him pitching that night against the Orioles is in play, per Tracy. But the Sox might prefer to wait until the Blue Jays series over the weekend \u2014 after an offday on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Either way, barring a setback, Suarez is due back soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>\u201cThe first step is figuring out, can he pitch on the day he\u2019s eligible? Do we feel comfortable with that?\u201d Tracy said. \u201cDo we want him to pitch on that day? Do we want to push it to after the offday? Do we want to push it a few? So it\u2019s just figuring out where he\u2019s at as far as how he\u2019s feeling and deciding what we want to do from there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>Sorting out sellers in MLB trade market, and other thoughts as Aug. 3 deadline approaches<\/div>\n<p><span>As Tracy spoke at Fenway Park before the Red Sox hosted the Rays, Suarez threw outside in a light rain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Because he was shut down from throwing for only a handful of days after getting hurt during his July 5 start against the Angels, Suarez won\u2019t need a rehabilitation assignment or similar tuneup. And because the All-Star break soaked up some of his minimum 15 days sidelined, a return Tuesday would mean Suarez missing just one start.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe still got a day or two to figure out what\u2019s going to go on there,\u201d Tracy said. \u201cObviously, things are going a lot better.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>Red Sox acquisition Jahmai Jones \u2018really excited\u2019 to be joining a red-hot team in Boston<\/div>\n<p><span><b>Payton Tolle<\/b> is slated to make his second-half debut Monday or Tuesday, depending on Suarez\u2019s status, Tracy said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Connelly Early<\/b> (left elbow inflammation) trails Suarez on the comeback trail but is playing catch from up to 90 feet, which represents active progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Bello\u2019s purgatory<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>One of the other variables in the Sox\u2019 pitching plans: <b>Brayan Bello<\/b> remains available as a long reliever, Tracy said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>(Since Bello is built up as a starting pitcher, he also could slot into the rotation if needed.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5229\">Oh, baby! Sam Burns takes the lead in a British Open he planned to miss<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Bello is in an unusual spot. On one hand, the Sox would like to get him straightened out so he can be the highly effective starter he was last year. On the other, they have to win games \u2014 especially as they find themselves suddenly in the American League wild-card race in the leadup to the Aug. 3 trade deadline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s a balance, but there is a clear priority. That means a messy schedule for Bello, who has pitched once in 16 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s a big league season. You\u2019re trying to win,\u201d Tracy said. \u201cYou lose two starters [Suarez and Early] in a span of a week and a half, you have to do what needs to be done to make sure that we can win big league games. \u2026 You\u2019re getting closer to a point where you get some of these people back, and we\u2019ll figure it out from there. But sometimes a big league season just forces you into having to do stuff to make sure that you\u2019re covered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Kiner-Falefa eager but happy<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><b>Isiah Kiner-Falefa<\/b> is due for another round of imaging Monday, he said, to see how the stress reaction in his left forearm is healing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His hope is the progress will be significant enough that he\u2019ll be cleared to start swinging. But he realizes that might take another couple of weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the meantime, as much as he is itching to get back, he has enjoyed watching the healthy Sox turn the season around. He said his pain is way less than it was in June \u2014 and thus, he believes he could jump back into the lineup now \u2014 but the team\u2019s success makes it easier to stay patient.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With <b>Anthony Seigler<\/b> at second base and <b>Tsung-Che Cheng<\/b> helping hold down shortstop, he doesn\u2019t need to rush it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cRight now, there\u2019s no point,\u201d Kiner-Falefa said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Story time?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><b>Trevor Story<\/b>, nearly two months removed from sports hernia surgery, said a minor league rehab assignment \u201cfeels close,\u201d but he didn\u2019t want to commit to a timeline \u2026 Tracy on the enthusiastic Fenway crowd Friday: \u201cEverybody notices that for sure. I mean, it\u2019s a drastic difference from where it was, the way things were going [when the team was playing poorly]\u201d \u2026 Tolle and Early returned from the All-Star break to upgraded locker assignments in the clubhouse. Instead of getting a side-wall obstructed view \u2014 because of a large pillar \u2014 they are now along the back wall, next to <b>Garrett Crochet<\/b>, their fellow lefthander. Their old cubbies are assigned to Bello and <b>Eduardo Rivera<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5227\">Healey\u2019s housing secretary tells business leaders to keep pushing for more housing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suarez, who is eligible to come off the injured list Tuesday, could take the mound against the Orioles or Blue Jays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Red Sox aiming for Ranger Suarez to return on homestand this week - Boston Relocation Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5232\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Red Sox aiming for Ranger Suarez to return on homestand this week - 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