The Chicago White Sox continued to get hit laborious on the harm entrance Thursday with the information infielder Danny Mendick suffered a torn ACL in his proper knee throughout an outfield collision Wednesday at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Mendick was positioned on the 10-day IL together with Adam Engel, who suffered a strained proper hamstring one inning after Mendick went down.
The Sox on Thursday recalled first baseman/outfielder Gavin Sheets from Triple-A Charlotte, and chosen the contract of Double-A infielder Lenyn Sosa. Eloy Jiménez was transferred to the 60-day IL and was eligible to be reinstated as early as Thursday. Jiménez is rehabbing at Charlotte.
Engel’s harm was not thought of extreme, however the lack of Mendick for at the least the remainder of the season is one other crushing blow to the Sox, who’ve suffered a string of accidents since Garrett Crochet and Lance Lynn went down throughout spring coaching.
Mendick, 28, was hitting .289 with 15 RBIs in 31 video games, incomes extra enjoying time from supervisor Tony La Russa and respect from Sox followers for his gritty play.
The left-handed hitting Sheets batted .270 with two house runs in 9 video games at Charlotte after being demoted June 10. He hit .204 in his first stint with the Sox this season, regressing from final 12 months’s promising rookie season.
Sosa, 22, can play quick, second or third, and has been one of many Sox’s prime prospects this season. He led the Southern League Thursday with a .331 common, 85 hits and 48 RBIs, whereas posting a .933 OPS at Double-A Birmingham. The Venezuelan infielder, signed as a world free agent in 2016, will put on No. 50.
The Sox tackle the Baltimore Orioles Thursday within the begin of a four-game collection.
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