FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Two days after taking a line drive off the hip in a spring-training game, Chris Sale threw a bullpen session Monday that put him in line to start Opening Day for the Boston Red Sox.
"Sale is good," said manager Alex Cora, who reiterated that the left-hander will face the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday at Tropicana Field.
With a flurry of moves Monday, the Red Sox appear to have set the rest of their Opening Day roster, too, and it will include a pair of surprises: relievers Bobby Poyner and Marcus Walden.