Chicago White Sox starter Lance Lynn was requested when he was going to get the OK to play catch.
“I’m going to play catch here in about 30 minutes,” Lynn mentioned with a smile Wednesday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field.
The right-hander mentioned he’s “ahead of schedule” after present process proper knee surgical procedure to restore a torn tendon on April 5.
“It’s moving along more quickly than the training staff would like but right on my pace,” Lynn mentioned. “We’ll see how that goes because there’s still a lot of work left to do. We’ve got some time until I get on the mound. Everything’s good right now. We just need to make sure we stay on that pace.”
Lynn suffered the damage in an April 2 Cactus League sport towards the Arizona Diamondbacks in Scottsdale, Ariz. He hobbled off the mound after throwing a pitch to Corbin Carroll within the fourth inning at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.
The Sox estimated Lynn might miss the primary eight weeks of the season.
“I think the big thing’s going to be the mound,” Lynn mentioned. “When it comes to mound time, that’s going to tell us everything we need to know. Anything you do stress-wise on flat ground is not near as much as it is on the mound. So we’ll see, when it comes to that time, how we feel. And then after that, it’s building that pitch count, and that takes a minute.”
As for proper now, “I still have stitches in, so there’s not a whole lot you can do,” Lynn mentioned.
Manager Tony La Russa likes how the primary steps are progressing.
“I’ve seen him walking without a limp,” La Russa mentioned. “He’s feeling good. Survive and thrive, man.”
The Sox are in that mode with out Lynn and pitcher Lucas Giolito, who was positioned on the injured checklist Tuesday with an belly pressure. Giolito’s damage occurred throughout his opening-day begin Friday towards the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.
“Whenever a season goes on, you know that you’re going to need (pitching depth),” Lynn mentioned. “You simply don’t anticipate to wish it the primary week of the season. But that’s at all times good to have.
“It’s always good to have arms and guys you’re confident in and comfortable with, and that makes for a good season if everybody stays where they need to be.”
Anderson Severino provides the Sox one other lefty bullpen possibility
Severino will at all times keep in mind the ceremony earlier than Tuesday’s dwelling opener.
“It was a very exciting moment, it was a moment I was dreaming of since I was a kid,” Severino advised the Tribune on Wednesday by an interpreter. “It gave me chills, undoubtedly once I was on the road in the course of the intros. I nearly cried as a result of it was a really emotional second.
“I’m just glad to be here and it was a very special moment.”
The Sox known as up the left-handed reliever from Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday. He discovered in the course of the Knights’ bus experience dwelling after their sequence at Norfolk.
“(Manager Wes Helms) told me ‘Hey, they need you upstairs,’ ” Severino mentioned. “I called my family right away.”
The Sox signed Severino as a free agent on Nov. 7, 2020. He beforehand pitched within the New York Yankees group. A visa concern delayed his begin this spring. He appeared in three innings, permitting 5 runs.
“I was working on controlling my emotions, tried to be calm on the mound,” he mentioned. “I tried to also control the game — don’t let the game speed up on me.”’
Severino, 27, allowed three runs on three hits with 4 strikeouts in 2⅓ innings throughout two video games for Charlotte this season.
“We’ve been impressed with Severino’s talent,” La Russa mentioned.
Severino had a 2.36 ERA with 53 strikeouts in 45⅔ innings between Double-A Birmingham and Charlotte in 2021.
“This opportunity means a lot to me,” Severino mentioned. “I’m just excited to try to help this team win as many games as we can.”
La Russa want to see the return of 7-inning doubleheaders
Count La Russa amongst those that want to see the return of seven-inning doubleheaders this season.
“It’s hard for me to understand with the shortened spring training, we are already pushing pitchers, especially to a place that’s dangerous and when you are playing a lot of innings, the bullpen gets tired,” La Russa mentioned.
Major League Baseball instituted seven-inning doubleheaders early within the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. That remained the case final season earlier than a return to nine-inning doubleheaders this season.
“I don’t care what organization it is, nobody is deep enough,” La Russa mentioned. “(In) 2020, they started (with) nine and then they realized and switched it (to seven). I know MLB is always tracking what’s happening. I’m hoping they switch it.”
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