"Clay Buchholz is eligible to come off the disabled list on Saturday. But it could be well after that before he pitches for the Red Sox again.

"I can still feel it," said Buchholz, who is out with a lower back strain. "I don't want to pitch until it's 100 percent out of there."

The initial plan was for Buchholz to pitch against Toronto on July 4. Pitching in that series remains a possibility, but the Red Sox are going to take a conservative approach."