Sat 8/4/12 1:08 AM

David Ortiz (Achilles) confirmed Friday that he will not be activated from the disabled list this weekend. That was the assumption after Ortiz estimated that he was at about 50 to 60 percent on Thursday, but it's now official. The veteran slugger continues to take batting practice and is making progress in tests with the training staff, but he isn't completely pain-free yet, which is preventing him from running. Early next week appears to be a realistic goal.