Red Sox All-Star lefty Ranger Suárez expected to come off IL and start Sunday against Toronto

By: The Associated Press Posted: 2:43 PM CDT Saturday, Jul. 25, 2026

BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox All-Star left-hander Ranger Suárez is expected come off the injured list and start Sunday’s series finale against Toronto, interim Boston manager Chad Tracy said Saturday.

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BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox All-Star left-hander Ranger Suárez is expected come off the injured list and start Sunday’s series finale against Toronto, interim Boston manager Chad Tracy said Saturday.

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BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox All-Star left-hander Ranger Suárez is expected come off the injured list and start Sunday’s series finale against Toronto, interim Boston manager Chad Tracy said Saturday.

The 30-year-old Suárez was placed on the injured list on July 9 with a strained left groin. He missed the All-Star game.

“Ranger should be good to go for (Sunday),” Tracy said before the Red Sox faced the Blue Jays at Fenway Park on Saturday. “We have him scheduled to start the game.”

Boston Red Sox pitcher Ranger Suarez walks back to the dugout after the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Sunday, July 5, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Suárez was throwing on the field about 2 1/2 hours before Saturday’s game. Tracy said the club will push lefty Payton Tolle from Sunday to start Monday’s series opener in Sacramento against the Athletics.

Suárez is 4-3 with a 3.15 ERA in 17 starts in his first season after signing a $130 million, five-year contract with the Red Sox in free agency.

Earlier this week, the team was planning for him to come off the IL and start Tuesday, but they pushed him back to possibly starting Wednesday’s second game of a split doubleheader after that game got rained out. Then, he was under the weather and still sore, so they used lefty Eduardo Rivera in the nightcap that snapped their club record-tying 15-game winning streak.