Red Sox’s Cora says Yoshida set to start rehab assignment at Triple-A

BOSTON AP The struggling Boston Red Sox could be getting specific offensive help soon Manager Alex Cora noted Masataka Yoshida would start a rehab assignment with Triple-A Worcester on Tuesday The -year-old DH outfielder has been out the entire season following surgery on his right shoulder in October He ll go on a rehab assignment We ll see how a multitude of at-bats he demands Cora noted Saturday before the Red Sox faced the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park He s moving well the swing feels great the throwing has been a lot better He s been able to bounce back so we just have to map it out and see how we re going to do it Cora noted he d also play certain games in the outfield Last season he was primarily the DH getting into left field only once in games In his first season in after signing a -million five-year free agent deal with the organization he played games in left On Saturday Yoshida was shagging fly balls during batting practice in right field ran the bases while others were hitting and took BP Also third baseman Alex Bregman who has been sidelined since late May with a strained right quad ran lightly in the infield and took grounders at third throwing across the diamond before the Red Sox took BP He s just finishing taking ground balls Cora disclosed It was a good day for him and Masa When he was injured Bregman was one of the club s majority of productive hitters batting with homers and RBIs in games Cora just now revealed the -year-old Bregman isn t expected to return until after the All-Star break Boston entered Saturday on a season-high six tournament losing streak its longest since September The Red Sox dropped the opener of a three-game series against Toronto - on Friday night The Red Sox signed Bregman as a free agent to a -million three-year contract in mid-February