Yoán Moncada made a splash within the season-opening sequence in opposition to the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.
He had two three-hit video games, homered twice and drove in 4 whereas serving to the Chicago White Sox break up the 4 video games.
After being sidelined for greater than a month with decrease again soreness, the third baseman returned from the injured checklist Friday because the Sox opened a three-game sequence in opposition to the Astros at Guaranteed Rate Field.
“I feel much better,” Moncada stated by way of an interpreter Friday afternoon. “For now on I just have to keep getting treatment and doing my exercises to feel as good as I can.”
. The Sox additionally optioned infielder Lenyn Sosa to Triple-A Charlotte and outrighted reliever Alexander Colomé to Charlotte.
Moncada entered Friday with a .308/.325/.564 slash line with 4 doubles, two residence runs, 5 RBIs and 4 runs in 9 video games. He final performed April 9 at Pittsburgh.
“(He’s an) extremely talented player on both sides of the ball,” supervisor Pedro Grifol stated earlier than Friday’s sport. “He’s got a really good swing, patient approach. He’s shown seasons of 84 walks, and he’s shown seasons of 34 walks. So we’ve just got to make sure he’s that guy we know he can be and he’s that guy that goes up there and he’s patient and waits for his pitches in the zone and does some damage.”
Moncada went on the IL on April 11. He began seeing constructive indicators simply earlier than his rehab project with Charlotte on May 5.
“That was why I said, ‘OK, let’s test it in Charlotte and see how it goes,’” Moncada stated. “(Hitting) from the left side, pretty normal, from the right side, it’s not as normal, but I feel good. It’s just something I have to deal with and getting my treatment and all my exercises daily will help.”
Moncada went 8-for-14 (.571) with two residence runs, 4 RBIs, 4 walks and 5 runs in the course of the five-game rehab project with the Knights.
“He had a nice, lengthy rehab, and he played good, felt good,” Grifol stated. “I’m expecting the same guy back because we didn’t rush that process. He went down and got 14 at-bats. He says he feels good, so glad to have him back.”
Moncada preferred how issues have been unfolding earlier than the setback.
“Once the injury happened I started getting concerned about my back, about how I was feeling and then that was difficult to deal with,” he stated.
Now that he’s again, Moncada stated he gained’t be fascinated by the again.
“I just want to go out there and play to what I know that I can do and help this team,” Moncada stated. “If I start thinking about my back, I won’t be able to do the things that I know l can do.”
Grifol stated they’ll go day-to-day whereas implementing Moncada early on.
“We’ve got to go on his symptoms and … how he feels,” Grifol stated. “It’s a back (injury). So it could be great for some time and it could get cranky. We’ll play it by ear.”
Adding Moncada may present a lift to the struggling Sox, who entered Friday at 13-26.
“I think it’s not a secret that we haven’t been playing at the level that we all know we can do it, for many reasons,” Moncada stated. “One of these elements is accidents, however it’s not an excuse. Everybody desires to do their greatest. We are all going to come back collectively and begin taking part in higher.
“It’s something we have to do on a daily basis — just go out there and do our best and there’s plenty of season to play and hopefully we’re going to be able to turn this around.”
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