LHP Chris Sale Expected return: AugustSale threw a pair of bullpens for Triple-A Worcester this past week, and he’ll repeat that schedule with Double-A Portland in the week ahead.
One day after he was struck on the right side of his face by a line drive in a simulated game, the reliever was released from the hospital and resting comfortably at his apartment in Fort Myers, Fla.
Before that scary incident, he was in the final stages of recovering from a left calf strain suffered at the end of Spring Training.