Luis Robert’s stellar defensive play in middle subject as a rookie through the 2020 season earned him an American League Gold Glove Award.
So it was uncommon to see Robert having hassle monitoring a few flyballs final week in video games towards the Minnesota Twins at Target Field.
In the primary inning July 15, Robert performed Carlos Correa’s liner on a hop, and the ball bought previous him. Correa was credited with a single and superior to second on Robert’s error.
Robert caught Jose Miranda’s flyball to finish the primary however then exited the sport with lightheadedness. He didn’t play within the ultimate two video games earlier than the All-Star break.
The Sox on Friday positioned Robert on the injured record retroactive to Tuesday with blurred imaginative and prescient. They additionally reinstated Yasmani Grandal from the IL after the catcher missed greater than a month with decrease again spasms.
Sox normal supervisor Rick Hahn mentioned Robert was affected extra within the subject than on the plate.
“We have gone through a handful of tests in Minnesota as well as Chicago and at this point, his symptoms have not fully resolved, and as a result we’re going to place him on the IL,” Hahn mentioned Friday earlier than the opener of a four-game collection towards the Cleveland Guardians at Guaranteed Rate Field.
“That will make him eligible to return (July 29), a week from (Friday) when we’re back home against Oakland. At this time, we are cautiously optimistic that he’ll be able to return at that time. I don’t have all the information exactly on the timeline, but that’s very tentatively what we’re looking at right now.”
Hahn didn’t wish to speculate when requested a few root reason for Robert’s situation.
“All I can tell is you I’m not sitting on any information at this time or keeping from you anything,” he mentioned. “He’s seeing the suitable individuals, getting the suitable assessments achieved.
“Part of the reason he’s going on the IL is it’s more than seven days of inactivity and we need to ramp a guy back up prudently when that occurs. Ideally his symptoms are fully resolved in the coming days, we ramp him back up and he’s back when we start the next homestand.”
Robert has a is slashing .301/.334/.461 with 13 doubles, 12 dwelling runs, 54 RBIs, 48 runs and 11 stolen bases in 74 video games. He leads the crew in homers, RBIs and stolen bases.
“The most important thing is you’re always concerned because, first of all it’s health and then it’s baseball,” Sox supervisor Tony La Russa mentioned. “Keep your fingers crossed and more for him personally than professionally.”
Grandal returned after being out since June 12. He is slashing .185/.294/.237 with three doubles, two dwelling runs, 15 RBIs and 27 walks in 50 video games. He appeared in 9 rehab video games with Double-A Birmingham and Triple-A Charlotte, going 9-for-25 (.360) with two dwelling runs, 5 RBIs, 13 walks and 5 runs.
“He looks great,” La Russa mentioned. “Talked to the folks down in Charlotte. They say they were really impressed with his whole game. So we can use his boost.”
The Sox have three catchers on the roster in Grandal, Seby Zavala and Reese McGuire.
“We are thrilled to have (Grandal) back,” Hahn mentioned. “We’ve seen when he’s proper what he can do for us each by way of the offensive presence and the lineup steadiness he offers, the on-base potential and the ability and the work he’s achieved with our pitching employees over the course of the final couple of seasons.
“We are thrilled to have him back. We are in a real nice situation and we have two other guys in Reese and Seby who have done a really nice job for us. With the doubleheader (Saturday) and off days surrounding (Thursday) and the other side of this series (Monday) and the other side of Colorado (Thursday), it gives us a little time to figure out the equilibrium point for the roster.”
Eloy Jiménez returned to the lineup Friday because the designated hitter after lacking the ultimate 4 video games earlier than the break with tightness in his proper leg. The left fielder exited a July 13 sport after making a operating catch.
”It’s doable you see him within the subject this weekend,” Hahn mentioned. “Let’s see how issues go. Having the All-Star break and guys scatter after they return and we form of check their energy and mobility and velocity give us a way of the place they’re at. But till we see it out in video games it’s just a little little bit of guess work. It’s doable he’s within the subject over the course of this weekend.
”Coincidentally we go to the most important outfield in all of baseball from right here, so I don’t know the way a lot you will notice him in Colorado. But he’s actually progressed to the purpose the place you see him the in lineup (Friday), and I’d anticipate to see him out within the subject within the subsequent week or so.”
Reliever Aaron Bummer continues to recuperate from a left lat pressure. The left-hander went on the IL on June 9.
Hahn mentioned Bummer will not be throwing from the mound however is taking part in catch.
“He’s starting to make some progress and we do project to return at some point, but that’s not guaranteed,” Hahn mentioned.
Sox minor-leaguer receives 50-game ban
Sox minor-league outfielder Terrell Tatum obtained a 50-game suspension with out pay after testing constructive for amphetamines, a stimulant in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, Major League Baseball introduced.
Tatum, a sixteenth/-round decide in 2021, has a .267/.405/.415 slash line with three dwelling runs and 21 RBIs in 42 video games between Class A Kannapolis (10 video games) and Class A Winston-Salem (32 video games).
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