BOSTON - Brock Holt is still out of Tuesday's game against the White Sox, but it should be the last game he misses due to a hyper-extended knee.
John Farrell said prior to Tuesday's game that Holt is available to play, but he thought it would be best to give him one more day off.
Improved today. Went thorough full baseball activity, groundballs, took some swings. He ran, change of direction."
Jemile Weeks takes over at second base, but don't rule out Holt coming on in a pinch-hit situation if the Sox are down late in the game.
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Clay Buchholz was placed on the 60-day disabled list on Tuesday, opening up a spot on the 40-man roster for RHP Jean Machi, who the team claimed off waivers from the Giants.
Putting Buchholz on the 60-day DL makes sense, seeing as the PRP injection he received in his elbow pushed back his recovery a few weeks.
"Once the PRP injection was had, that was adding some time to it," Farrell said. "So now when you start to map out the downtime following the injection, the initial flat ground throwing program, the mound progression, rehab starts, we're into September."
The move is retroactive to when Buchholz was placed on the 15-day DL on July 11. which would make him eligible to return on Sept. 9.
Farrell is confident Buchholz will still pitch this season.
"Still, and I think it'll be important for all involved to go into the offseason with some game activity under his belt," Farrell said. "I would think that that would give some peace of mind to Clay going into the offseason as well as everyone else."
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Speaking of PRP injections, Farrell announced that Pedroia had one as well for his hamstring. That, said Farrell, won't change whatever projected target date they had for his return.