Youkilis eyeing return by weekend

Kevin Youkilis looks like he's on the road to recovery after an eye injury forced him out of Monday's game. He saw an eye-specialist today after Terry Francona told him he wouldn't be playing.

Youkilis had a CT scan on his face Monday night and doctors told him and the team that he would recover.

Francona said he hoped to have Youkilis back for Wednesday's finale against Arizona or Boston's first game in Houston on Friday, following an off-day Thursday.

"He's not going to play (Tuesday night) just because of the watering that would make it hard to send him up there to hit, unless that clears up," Francona said. "I'm sure they'll dilate it, which takes a while to get back to normal anyway."

Fantasy Impact: Eye injuries are scary things, but this sounds pretty minimal in terms the damage done. Day-to-day leagues will want to rest Youkilis today and perhaps tomorrow, but it looks like he'll be free to swat home runs by the weekend.