Ranger Suarez (groin) may be activated Tuesday

Suarez was hurt in his start on Sunday, and the Red Sox wanted to wait to see if he was healthy enough to pitch this week. Unfortunately, he will not make his start on Saturday and will also not be able to pitch in the All-Star Game. Perhaps his teammate Sonny Gray will be chosen to take his place. With the week off ahead of him, Suarez may not miss more than a start or two. Brayan Bello could be an option to start on Saturday.

It’ll depend on whether Ranger Suarez (adductor) is cleared to take the ball following Thursday’s bullpen session. The 27-year-old was demoted to Triple-A Worcester back in early June after struggling to a bloated 6.34 ERA across 61 innings to open the season.

There’s a chance Suarez, who was able to play catch on Tuesday without any issues, will be able to take the ball against the Mets on Saturday to close out the first half, but that decision won’t be made until later this week. It’s a challenging situation for fantasy managers to navigate, but it looks like there’s a decent chance that he avoids a trip to the injured list. He’ll certainly benefit from next week’s extended All-Star break. There should be a definitive update on his status following his next throwing session on Thursday.

Suarez left Sunday’s start with tightness in his left adductor. The Red Sox won’t have to make a decision until Saturday — although it could come sooner if the team wants to add a bullpen arm — as that’s his next scheduled outing before the All-Star break. It’s worth noting that the All-Star break will start after that weekend, so if Suarez did miss that start and needed to hit the shelf, he may only miss a couple of turns.

One imagines Suarez will be placed on the IL prior to Tuesday’s game. Even if this is minor, a 15-day IL stint would cost him just one start next weekend and allow him to return the fifth day after the All-Star break.

It seemed to be a leg issue sustained as he was going for a grounder to his left. He took one warmup throw afterwards and then decided to call it a night. Suarez allowed three runs and six hits in 2 2/3 innings before departing. Greg Weissert replaced him.

Suarez deserves a ton of credit for settling in after coughing up a gargantuan leadoff homer to James Wood. He shook it off and managed to keep the Nationals at bay into the middle innings until CJ Abrams came through with a two-run double in the sixth. He allowed just six baserunners and needed 97 pitches to navigate six frames. He’s allowed three earned runs or fewer in five consecutive starts since the beginning of June. He’ll close out a two-start week with a tasty road matchup against the Angels on Sunday.

This could have been six or maybe seven scoreless innings with better defense, but the infield struggled today after Caleb Durbin got hurt. Suarez surrendered seven hits but just two hard-hit balls in the game. He fell one strikeout shy of matching his season high of nine strikeouts. His current 25 percent strikeout rate is up from 23 percent the last two years. Suarez will miss the Yankees in the four-game series at Fenway this weekend and face the Nationals on Monday.

Suarez pitched scoreless ball for the sixth time in 14 starts this season to win for the first time since Apr. 27; he was 0-1 with a 3.34 ERA in his previous seven starts. He’ll next face the Rockies in Coors, where he has a 3.20 ERA in three starts and one relief appearance over the course of his career.

Suarez allowed six hits and issued two walks, managing to keep Boston within striking distance for an eventual comeback win. The 30-year-old southpaw has rebounded from a couple poor performances at the end of May by allowing just three runs over 11 1/3 innings across two starts since the start of June. He boasts a strong 3.21 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 70/21 K/BB ratio across 70 innings over 13 starts in his Red Sox debut. He’ll face the Mariners in a challenging cross-country road tilt on Friday.