DETROIT — Steven Wright will not return on Tuesday as the Red Sox once hoped, as the right-hander will require at least one more bullpen session before being activated off the disabled list.

Wright threw off a mound on Sunday for the first time since experiencing pain in his right shoulder and being shut down. Boston had still harbored some hope he'd be able to go from the bullpen session to the mound Tuesday at Tampa Bay. However, the Sox have decided it's best to go with Clay Buchholz Tuesday and Wright sometime later in the week.

With a trio of left-handers currently slated to pitch Thursday through Saturday, breaking them up with Wright on Friday or Saturday against Kansas City seems to make the most sense, provided he's healthy.