Eloy Jiménez was requested how he was feeling Wednesday afternoon.
“A couple weeks ago I thought I’m going to die,” Jiménez stated, “so I feel really good.”
The Chicago White Sox outfielder/designated hitter spoke with reporters for the primary time since present process an appendectomy May 6 at Cincinnati’s Good Samaritan Hospital.
Jiménez stated he awoke that morning and “all my abs hurt.”
“It was bad,” he stated. “I can’t even see or lay down or get up. It was actually dangerous for a second. I actually thought I used to be going to die, however now I’m right here and I really feel good.
“Appendicitis never crossed my mind. I thought it was something that I ate, something funny. But as soon as we got to the doctor, they said right away it was appendicitis. At the beginning, I didn’t even want to have surgery, but you know, health comes first before baseball. So it was tough, but now I’m here and I feel good.”
The preliminary projection for his restoration was 4 to 6 weeks.
“I think I’m going to be back quicker than what they said,” Jiménez stated. “I feel really good, I feel really comfortable and everything is going well right now.”
He’s working and enjoying catch and hopes to hit quickly.
“I want to do it right now, but it’s a process and there’s a couple boxes I need to check first,” Jiménez stated.
As far as when he would possibly return, Jiménez stated: “I don’t know, maybe next week. Next weekend maybe.”
Sox supervisor Pedro Grifol likes that mentality.
“Because a lot of the rehab is mental, just how fast do you want to go, want to push,” Grifol stated earlier than Wednesday’s recreation in opposition to the Cleveland Guardians at Guaranteed Rate Field. “At the tip of the day you possibly can’t break protocol. But the thoughts is a extremely good factor if you’re in rehab. It can take you many various instructions.
“I love him thinking like that. I want him to push, to the point where we have to back him off. And that’s what he’s doing right now. He wants to get back out there and be a part of this. I really like to hear that.”
Grifol didn’t know if Jiménez’s timeline is feasible.
“I’d have to talk to (head athletic trainer) James (Kruk), but I love the way he’s pushing,” Grifol stated. “I love the way he’s working. … He brings a lot of energy and obviously a good bat too.”
Jiménez was heating up simply earlier than the setback. He hit safely in his final eight video games, going 14-for-33 (.424) with two residence runs, eight RBIs, six runs and a 1.109 OPS through the streak. Overall he’s slashing .258/.321/.423 with 4 homers and 15 RBIs in 25 video games.
“Sometimes when you start doing good things and something happens, you’re not going to feel good about it,” he stated. “But this is life, it is what it is. Just move forward and keep working hard to get back to the lineup and help the team.”
Liam Hendriks’ subsequent step
Liam Hendriks allowed one run in a single inning Tuesday in opposition to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre whereas on a rehab task with Triple-A Charlotte. The Sox nearer will return to Chicago on Thursday or Friday to debate the subsequent step.
“We’ll sit down and talk (about) how we’ll proceed,” Grifol stated. “With Liam it’s day to day, how he feels, how’s your body. There’s no blueprint in this. It’s just constant communication with him. We don’t know exactly the next step, but he’s on course.”
Hendriks, on the highway to returning after present process remedy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, has allowed six runs on seven hits with 5 strikeouts in 5 innings throughout six outings with the Knights.
Grifol doesn’t anticipate Hendriks pitching for the Sox this weekend.
“We’ll sit down with him, see how his body feels, how his arm feels,” Grifol stated. “And we’ll make adjustments to what we have, whatever we need to do. It could be the beginning of next week, the end of next week, we’ll just have to wait and see. He feels good.”
Surgery for Davis Martin
Right-hander Davis Martin, who supplied pitching depth final season, not too long ago underwent Tommy John surgical procedure, the Sox introduced Wednesday. He had a 2.81 ERA in three begins this season for Charlotte.
Martin went 3-6 with a 4.83 ERA in 14 appearances (9 begins) for the Sox in 2022.
“It’s unfortunate for Davis because he had a good year last year and he had a good spring,” Grifol stated. “He impressed me in spring; that was my first time seeing him. He’ll be back from this, just like others do.”
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