Monday marked one other version of “Good news, not-so-good news” for the Chicago White Sox.
The staff reinstated All-Star shortstop Tim Anderson from the injured checklist, and he was within the beginning lineup for the sequence opener towards the Toronto Blue Jays at Guaranteed Rate Field.
But within the corresponding transfer, the Sox positioned beginning third baseman Yoán Moncada on the 10-day IL retroactive to Saturday with a strained proper hamstring.
It’s the continuation of a juggling act for a staff that has been hit exhausting with accidents all through the season.
“We were able to fight through this last year,” Sox basic supervisor Rick Hahn mentioned earlier than the sport. “We had been in a position to patch on the fly and have success. I feel having that form of next-man-up mentality, though it’s a little bit of a cliché, of trusting the blokes that come up from the minors, of understanding that these guys are coming again and preventing every day the perfect we are able to.
“We just came off a real nice road trip. Going 4-2 on that trip (to Detroit and Houston) was a good result. We are trending in the right way. At the end of the day, it’s hard not to lose sight of the fact that there’s a pretty talented group in that room, even if we’re missing a few guys. For example (Monday), we get a real special player back.”
Anderson went on the IL retroactive to May 30 with a strained proper groin. He suffered the damage throughout a May 29 recreation towards the Cubs.
“Once everything kind of quieted down, I knew I had a chance to get back hopefully sooner,” Anderson mentioned earlier than the sport. “But overall now I feel great.”
He is having one other sensational season, slashing .356/.393/.503 with 9 doubles, 5 residence runs, 19 RBIs, 24 runs and eight stolen bases in 40 video games.
“I want to be careful of putting too much pressure on him, but he thrives on it,” Sox supervisor Tony La Russa mentioned earlier than Monday’s recreation. “So I think it’s important that he knows how important he is. That’s what he’s earned. We’re better because he’s here.”
Anderson made an instantaneous influence. He singled within the first inning and scored from first base on Andrew Vaughn’s double.
Anderson went 5-for-15 with one RBI in 4 video games throughout a rehab task final week with Triple-A Charlotte.
“I got the at-bats that I needed,” he mentioned. “Just excited to be back out.”
Moncada left within the third inning of Friday’s recreation in Houston with proper hamstring tightness. He talked with the coaching employees within the dugout after grounding out within the second, then remained within the recreation for the underside of the second. Josh Harrison changed him within the third.
Moncada is slashing .179/.230/.292 with three homers and 12 RBIs in 29 video games. He started the season on the IL with a proper indirect pressure and performed his first recreation May 9. He skilled quadriceps discomfort that restricted his taking part in time in late May.
Moncada had a career-high 5 hits Wednesday in a 13-0 victory towards the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.
“The most important point was he was feeling good (at the plate), and the way he can help us the most is to be healthy when he gets back, not play at less than his best,” La Russa mentioned.
Left fielder Eloy Jiménez — working his approach again from a torn proper hamstring tendon — will resume his rehab task with Charlotte on Tuesday.
Jiménez has been out since April 23, when he tore the tendon behind his proper knee, requiring surgical procedure. He started a rehab task May 28, and it was paused June 9 as he handled what the staff referred to as “normal leg soreness.”
“He’ll initially be a DH out there,” Hahn mentioned, “but we’ll slowly progress his usage and his return to the active roster will be based upon, from a baseball standpoint, how long it takes to get his timing back.”
Catcher Yasmani Grandal, on the IL with decrease again spasms, has “responded very well to treatment,” Hahn mentioned.
Grandal left a June 11 recreation towards the Texas Rangers within the third inning with left hamstring tightness.
“We initially announced it as a hamstring, which is where it was presenting when he left the game,” Hahn mentioned. “But as soon as we obtained to Detroit, it turned fairly clear that it was his low again.
“He’s going to begin ramping up his baseball activities in the next couple of days. We don’t have a time frame on him just yet, but this weekend was good, productive. We’re trending in the right way with him as well.”
Relievers Liam Hendriks (proper forearm pressure) and Aaron Bummer (left lat pressure) are additionally among the many eight Sox gamers at present on the IL.
As for Anderson’s taking part in time, the Sox will take a look at it “series by series.”
“I think it would be silly, especially given some of the heat in our schedule right now, to expect he’s going to play the next 10 in a row fresh off the IL,” Hahn mentioned. “He’s going to have here and there some days off and we’ll try to pick them strategically.”
They’re comfortable to have the possibility to put in writing his identify within the lineup once more.
“There’s going to be others (besides Anderson) coming back,” Hahn mentioned, “and in the meantime we’ve just got to fight each day and do the best we can to not only stay afloat but start making up ground in the coming weeks as we get more and more division games on our schedule.”
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