White Sox 1B Jiménez sidelined by strained hamstring
CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox count on slugger Eloy Jiménez to overlook two to a few weeks due to a strained left hamstring he suffered operating the bases.
The crew positioned Jiménez on the 10-day injured checklist Wednesday and recalled infielder Jake Burger from Triple-A Charlotte.
Jiménez sustained a low-grade pressure operating from first to 3rd on Andrew Vaughn’s RBI double within the seventh inning of Monday’s 12-3 loss to the San Francisco Giants. The White Sox have been off Tuesday.
“The most important thing was how he was gonna wake up today and walk in here,” supervisor Pedro Grifol stated. “He was in the weight room right now. I saw him, I spoke to him. He’s strong. He feels better than what anybody else thought he was gonna feel like.”
The 26-year-old Jiménez is 4 for 19 in 5 video games. He slugged 31 homers as a rookie in 2019, however performed in simply 55 video games in 2021 after rupturing his left pectoral tendon attempting to make a leaping catch in spring coaching. He had surgical procedure on his proper hamstring early final season after he was damage attempting to beat out a grounder and was restricted to 84 video games.
“He worked hard this offseason, he put the work in, he put the time in,” Grifol stated. “He’s in great shape. It’s just one those things that happens, unfortunately. But the good thing is today he came in and he felt strong.”
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