The Chicago White Sox have been hoping Oscar Colás could be the reply this season to the crew’s revolving door in proper area.
Instead, the rookie is headed again to the minors.
The Sox optioned Colás to Triple-A Charlotte, one in all 4 roster strikes introduced Monday. The Sox additionally optioned reliever Edgar Navarro to Charlotte whereas calling up pitcher Deivi García and catcher Carlos Pérez from Charlotte.
“He’s an impactful player,” supervisor Pedro Grifol stated of Colás. “He obviously has got the tools to impact this team. However, fundamentally he still needs a lot of work. He’s got to go down there and take care of those fundamentals.”
Colás is hitting .216 with 9 doubles, 5 residence runs, 19 RBIs and 32 runs in 75 video games. It’s the second time this season he has been despatched to the minors.
“We want to play a fundamental style of baseball,” Grifol stated. “We want to eliminate mistakes and details are extremely important to us. That’s what we’re going to be looking for moving forward.”
Grifol met with reporters earlier than Monday’s recreation towards the Kansas City Royals at Guaranteed Rate Field was postponed due to rain. It shall be made up as a part of a straight doubleheader starting at 3:40 p.m. on Tuesday. The second recreation will begin about 30 to 45 minutes after the opener concludes however not earlier than 6:40 p.m.
The Sox will begin Dylan Cease in Game 1 of the doubleheader towards the Royals’ Brady Singer. Touki Toussaint will begin the nightcap towards the Royals’ Jordan Lyles.
Colás, who turns 25 on Sunday, made the crew out of spring coaching however slashed .211/.265/.276 with one residence run and 7 RBIs in 25 video games earlier than being optioned to Charlotte on May 2.
He returned to the Sox on July 4.
Asked about Colás’ progress this season on Saturday in Detroit, common supervisor Chris Getz stated, “There are instances the place you’re feeling like he can actually impression the sport in numerous alternative ways. He’s made some errors, not that we have been too shocked when these errors have occurred. Now it’s a matter of minimizing these. You need gamers to go on the market and play freely and be the athletes they’re however throughout the method of successful a baseball recreation and making good choices on the sector.
“I think there have been moments that perhaps have gotten a little too big for him. As an organization and coaching staff, they can get the most out of him to help us win games. It’s a good experience for him but he certainly has some work to do.”
He’s had moments like a two-run double to place the Sox forward within the eighth inning on Aug. 20 at Colorado.
And there have been moments like Sunday at Comerica Park, when he was charged with an error after a throw short-hopped the cutoff man and allowed a runner to advance a base. Later within the recreation, he collided with second baseman Elvis Andrus whereas each have been going for a pop-up in shallow proper area. The ball popped out of Andrus’ glove for an error on the second baseman.
Grifol stated Colás wants work on the plate, within the outfield and on the bases.
“He’s got enough strength, enough bat speed to be able to hit and hit for average,” Grifol stated. “He’s simply acquired to go down there and actually, actually work on these issues. Work on his plate self-discipline, work on not chasing as a lot, management the strike zone, simply consider good at-bats and spraying the ball round, and that’s simply on the offensive facet.
“On the defensive side, there’s a lot of cleaning up to do and then on the base running side, the same. All the way around, there’s impactful ability to help us win here.”
In deciding to ship Colás to Charlotte as a substitute of getting him proceed that work within the majors, Grifol stated, “We can strive extra issues down there and never compromise a major-league recreation. We can do extra issues there. It’s plain and easy. That’s the best way it’s all the time been. Even although we’re 30 (video games) underneath (.500) and we’re formally eradicated (from playoff competition), we’re nonetheless attempting to win major-league video games. Sometimes the surroundings up right here creates a degree of hysteria that doesn’t enable the participant to maximise his capabilities and potential right here. And if you ship him down, it sort of frees him up just a little bit, it lets him do extra issues in a extra managed surroundings.
“That happens a lot. At this time, we made this decision so he can go down there and finish the season, hopefully, on a strong note. We’ll talk to him again and give him a plan for the offseason. Hopefully he accepts an assignment to go to winter ball. I think it’s extremely important for him to play winter ball and then get ready for spring training and try to win a job.”
Grifol stated he might envision Colás as the correct fielder in 2024, however added there’s going to be competitors in spring coaching.
“And the competition is not just going to be based on the tools that you have,” Grifol stated, “it’s going to be based on all the stuff that I’ve been talking about, the style of baseball that we want to play.”
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