Lester Coming Off DL Monday To Start Against Royals

Buchholz isn’t coming back soon, but his rehab is progressing, and there’s still some chance the Red Sox will have their top four starters in good order for the big tournament in October.

Others have confirmed Lester’s injury as a lat strain. That’s all we have to go on for the time being, but it is most certainly better than nothing.

This was Lester after his second-to-last pitch:

You can see him kind of shake and stretch his left arm, but we probably shouldn’t speculate. There’s no word yet on what’s the matter, and we’ll pass an update along as soon as we have one.