Red Sox pitcher Justin Masterson may be ready to return to the team without another minor league rehab appearance, manager John Farrell said, per the Providence Journal.
Masterson is on the disabled list with shoulder tendinitis. Farrell said he would throw a bullpen session on Sunday, and the team would then decide if he needed another injury rehab start.
"There's a definite progressive step being taken here," Farrell said, per MLB.com. "We'll probably wait until he throws his bullpen [session] tomorrow to determine if there's another one needed or we insert him back with us. He got to 80 pitches last night, which is the minimum somebody's got to throw on a rehab [assignment] to come back in a rotation spot."