BOSTON — Alex Bregman isn’t exactly sure when he’ll rejoin the Red Sox. That’s a determination that will come after he huddles with team officials and members of the training staff, perhaps as early as Tuesday.

On Monday afternoon, manager Alex Cora only half-jokingly said if the decision were up to Bregman, the infielder would have already returned.

But of this much Bregman is sure — it won’t be long now.

“I’m trending towards a return here really quickly,” said Bregman after the Red Sox bashed the Colorado Rockies, 9-3. “Whether it’s the end of this week or the first game after the break — one of those two. But hoping that it will be the end of this week.”

Bregman, who suffered a strained right quad injury on the final weekend of May, and the team have discussed a return to the active roster without benefit of a minor league rehab assignment and that remains very much on the table.

“I don’t know, I think we’re going to talk about it as a group,” said Bregman. “I think we still have to have another discussion tomorrow, but I feel like I can go and play (with the parent club as soon he’s cleared).”

Bregman shared that he had never before come off an IL stint and returned to play at the big league level without first undertaking a minor league rehab assignment. But he’s confident he can pull it off.

“My legs feels really good and I swung the bat really well today,” said Bregman. “I don’t know, I feel like I can do it…I’m feeling really good. The rehab has gone amazing. I’m super thankful for our training staff, rehab staff and strength and conditioning staff I’ve been working with. Hopefully, I’ll be back playing in uniform here pretty soon.”

Prior to Monday’s game, Bregman went through a complete workout with running and hitting on the field and plans to keep intensifying that progression the rest of this week.

He’s used the Trajekt machine to hit high velocity pitches, taken ground balls in the field, and run full-effort sprints. There’s little that he hasn’t done in his effort to return.

“I feel like we’ve touched a lot of stuff,” said Bregman, “and I feel like the volume has been really high, honestly. For example, today’s volume was probably higher than what I’d get in three games worth of volume.”

Even when he does return — be it this week or next — the Sox will need to ease him back in. It’s unlikely he’ll play consecutive games right away and may not even be ready to take on a nine-inning workload.

“I think there’s going to be some sort of build-up,” Bregman said. “I don’t think we’re just going to go play every day the rest of the year right away. I feel like we’ll take it day-by-day and follow what (Cora) and our training staff have planned.”

Bregman learned Sunday that he had been chosen to take part in the All-Star Game for the first time since 2019, and felt humbled be named.

“Tremendous honor,” said Bregman. “Obviously, to be selected by my peers was a huge honor. I’m just super appreciative. A lot of hard work has gone into it. I’m super pumped.”

But Bregman said he can’t envision a scenario where he takes part in the game, which takes place in Atlanta on July 15. He’ll either be a few games into his return to the Sox, or about to make his return, and wouldn’t want to put that in jeopardy.

“I don’t think so,” he said of his game participation. “Maybe I’ll be fortunate enough to take my son to the Home Run Derby or something. But for me, with the timing of everything, I think what I need to is hopefully be back playing by the end of this week and use the All-Star break to continue to build up and work on my leg and make sure we just continue the progression the right way.

“I’ll be focused on my rehab at this point; hopefully, it will be just maintaining and being active at that point. We’ll see.”

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