BOSTON -- When invaluable Red Sox right fielder Wilyer Abreu exited the game on Aug. 17 against the Marlins with a right calf strain, the hope was that he’d be out of action for just 10 days or so.

A month later, Abreu is still on the road to recovery, but there at last appears to be light at the end of the tunnel. And not a minute too soon for an offense that has struggled with Abreu and Roman Anthony ( left oblique strain ) both out of action since Sept. 3.

“He's going to stay here [when the team flies to Tampa Thursday night], and [Friday], he’s going to have a workout, he’s going to run the bases. He's feeling a lot better,” manager Alex Cora said before Boston's series finale vs. the A's Thursday . “Just talked to him in the weight room. If everything goes well, he'll fly to T

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