Acting supervisor Miguel Cairo envisioned a Chicago White Sox lineup that includes each Tim Anderson and Elvis Andrus.
That received’t occur this season. Cairo stated Tuesday the Sox will “shut it down” for the rest of 2022 with Anderson, who has been recovering from a sagittal band tear in his left center finger.
“I think it’s the best thing for him,” Cairo stated earlier than Tuesday’s recreation in opposition to the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. “You don’t want him to re-injure that. He’s still doing a lot of work on the treatment and stuff like that. He needs to get 100% for next year.”
The All-Star shortstop hasn’t performed since Aug. 6, when he suffered the damage on a checked swing throughout a ninth-inning at-bat in opposition to the Texas Rangers.
Anderson briefly grimaced after checking his swing on the second pitch of the at-bat and checked out his left hand earlier than grounding out to 3rd on the subsequent pitch. He went on the injured record Aug. 9.
He obtained clearance Sept. 13 to ramp up baseball actions and had been taking batting and fielding observe.
“It’s running out of time and it would be different if we were in the hunt for (the) playoffs, of course,” Cairo stated. “But it’s better to be safe than sorry.”
The Sox had been eradicated from competition for the American League Central title Sunday, with the Cleveland Guardians clinching the division. They entered Tuesday trailing the Seattle Mariners by 7½ video games for the ultimate AL wild-card spot with an elimination variety of three.
Anderson slashed .301/.339/.395 with 13 doubles, six house runs, 25 RBIs and 13 stolen bases in 79 video games this season. He made his second All-Star look in July at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles after being voted a starter for the primary time.
“You see his numbers, he was dealing, he was hitting good, he was playing good defense,” Cairo stated. “He was the man that acquired us going within the leadoff spot. He actually acquired us going. We miss that.
“It would have been nice to see him (leading off) and Elvis hitting second. Two guys who can run with the big boys in the back. It would’ve been nice.”
Andrus, who signed with the Sox on Aug. 19 after the Oakland Athletics launched him, entered Tuesday slashing .292/.329/.465 in 34 video games since he started filling in for Anderson.
“Elvis did an excellent job bringing leadership, bringing that energy to the field, to the leadoff spot,” Cairo stated. “Something that we’ve been missing since Tim got hurt. It was good to have him.”
Asked about right-hander Michael Kopech presumably making one other begin this season, Cairo stated, “As of right now, I don’t think so.”
Kopech has been on the IL since Sept. 17 with proper shoulder irritation.
“The shoulder is doing well,” Sox normal supervisor Rick Hahn stated of Kopech on Saturday. “Everything is progressing properly. He clearly had a problem with the (proper) knee (earlier), which was attributable to a baker’s cyst, some form of cyst within the knee. There has been some dialogue concerning the acceptable time to have that cyst eliminated so sooner or later it’s not going to flare up because it did unexpectedly this 12 months.
“That’s where conversations are right now. The shoulder is good. At some point we are probably going to address the knee and send him into the offseason ready for next year without restrictions.”
Kopech is 5-9 with a 3.54 ERA in 25 begins as he returned to the rotation this season after spending most of final season as a reliever.
“He pitched well,” Cairo stated. “(To) give us 5, six innings. He shut down, in case you keep in mind the video games in opposition to the Yankees (permitting three runs on two hits in 13 innings throughout two May begins). He threw seven (within the second recreation of a May 22 doubleheader in opposition to the Yankees) and it was like they couldn’t even contact him.
“If you see Michael like that for a season, the season growth from last year to this year, you can see it next year from Kopech.”
Before Tuesday’s recreation, the Sox positioned catcher Seby Zavala on the seven-day concussion record and recalled catcher Carlos Pérez from Triple-A Charlotte. The Zavala transfer is retroactive to Monday.
“(Sunday’s) game, right after the game, he was feeling a little dizzy and went to the trainer, did all the protocol,” Cairo stated. “We’re better to be safe.”
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