PHILADELPHIA -- Red Sox second baseman Ian Kinsler will be activated from the disabled list this week, manager Alex Cora said Tuesday. Kinsler is in Philadelphia with the team and could be activated as soon as Wednesday.

Kinsler has been sidelined since Aug. 4 with a strained hamstring. He was scheduled to go through a workout Wednesday at Citizens Bank Park, weather-permitting, with the team making a decision about activating him soon thereafter.

"We feel very good where he's at," Cora said. "He had good workouts in Lowell. I'm happy that he's around us again."

Kinsler will face injured lefty Eduardo Rodriguez in a simulated game Wednesday and is unlikely to require a rehab start. Though Cora wouldn't reveal Boston's plan for its roster once it has Kinsler, Rafael Devers, Eduardo Nunez and Brock Holt all healthy for the first time, the belief is that the Red Sox will remove a reliever from its 25-man roster. The likeliest candidates appear to be Hector Velazquez and Drew Pomeranz.