BOSTON _ Chris Sale (left elbow) will meet Boston's traveling party during its upcoming four-game series with Tampa Bay. Heath Hembree (right elbow) and Michael Chavis (right oblique) could be on the verge of activation by the time the Red Sox finish the seven-game road trip in Texas.
Sale is at home in the Fort Myers, Fla., area recovering from a platelet-rich plasma injection into the elbow. He's been receiving treatment at JetBlue Park ahead of an October visit with Dr. James Andrews.
"He gets tested throughout and everything looks like it's doing better," Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. "There's no rush here, but we will know after the season what the program is going to be."
Hembree threw a bullpen Tuesday, bouncing back from some elbow soreness that had the Red Sox a bit concerned on Sunday in Philadelphia. His next step will be a simulated game that was originally scheduled for Tuesday and scratched
"Hopefully he'll be active for the Texas series," Cora said.
Chavis stayed behind on the most recent road trip and continued to work through side soreness. He took batting practice on the field Tuesday and appears close to his first game action since Aug. 11.
"He's hitting off the machine," Cora said. "He took BP in the cage. If everything goes well he might be active over the weekend."
