Eloy Jimenez could play this weekend for White Sox vs. Royals

Eloy Jimenez is showing gradual progress as he works his way back from left adductor muscle soreness, White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said Wednesday.

Jimenez wasn’t in the lineup for a third consecutive day for a game that was postponed by rain and snow and a forecast of inclement weather. But Grifol wasn’t ruling out Jimenez playing against the Royals this weekend, defending the decision not to put him on the 10-day injured list.

“He’s feeling pretty good, better [Wednesday] than [Tuesday],” Grifol said. “He’s doing some work now. We should be cranking him up and running a little bit today. I say day-to-day, but what I mean by day-to-day is we’ve got to do the work and wait and see what he feels like tomorrow morning.”

Jimenez, Grifol’s No. 4 batter in the lineup who entered the season with hopes of breaking past tendencies of getting hurt, stayed healthy this spring but came up sore in the third game of the season, wincing after his initial steps out of the batter’s box on a groundout.

With each passing day out of the lineup, questions about not putting him on the IL persist.

“We have to go on what he’s feeling and what our doctors are saying and what our trainers are saying,” Grifol said. “If we feel that he can get back before the 10 days, then that’s what it is. That’s why we have these people. We trust our doctors, we trust our trainers, we trust our strength-and-conditioning guys, we trust Eloy.”

The many injuries of Eloy Jimenez

White Sox

Eloy Jimenez exits with left adductor soreness as White Sox get swept in first series against Tigers

Jimenez pulled up lame as he ran to first base on a groundout in the sixth inning.

By Kyle Williams

 

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White Sox' Eloy Jimenez day-to-day with bruised foot

The designated hitter fouled a pitch off his right foot Wednesday.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

 

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White Sox put rookie outfielder Eloy Jimenez on injured list

Jimenez is expected to miss a couple of weeks because of a high ankle sprain. Reliever Nate Jones also was put on the IL.

By Tom Musick

 

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Elbow injury will send Eloy Jimenez to IL for second time

White Sox left fielder Eloy Jimenez was injured when he collided with center fielder Charlie Tilson on the warning track in the first inning.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

 

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White Sox’ Eloy Jimenez likely out 5-6 months with left pectoral tendon rupture

Jimenez was injured leaping at the wall on a home run hit by A’s catcher Sean Murphy on Wednesday.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

 

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Eloy Jimenez out 4-6 weeks after undergoing appendectomy; White Sox fall to Reds

Jimenez experienced discomfort Friday night and was sent to a hospital for further evaluation Saturday morning.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

 

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White Sox’ Eloy Jimenez lands on 10-day injured list

The club recalled infielder Jake Burger from Triple-A Charlotte.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

 

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Eloy Jimenez leaves field on cart with hamstring injury; White Sox’ skid at six

Eloy Jimenez was injured while running out a ground ball.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

 

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White Sox’ Eloy Jimenez out with tight groin

Jimenez felt tightness in his groin in the Sox’ 5-3 win over the Cubs Tuesday.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

 

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White Sox’ Eloy Jimenez expected to miss several days with groin injury

Jimenez, who hit into a double play in his only at-bat Sunday, will be further evaluated Monday, the team said.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

 

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White Sox’ Eloy Jimenez out 6-8 weeks with hamstring strain

Jimenez will be further evaluated by team physicians in Chicago before treatment plan put in place

By Daryl Van Schouwen

 

Braves game rescheduled for June 27

Wednesday’s postponed game against the Braves will be made up on June 27 at 3:10 p.m.

Fans with tickets, parking and Huntington Bank Stadium Club passes can attend the makeup game on June 27.

With temperatures in the 30s and light rain and intermittent mix of snow, the likelihood of getting the final game of a three-game series seemed slim since early Wednesday morning. It was called at 12:35 p.m., about 30 minutes before the scheduled first pitch.

The Sox were going to start right-hander Dominic Leone in a bullpen game.

They open their first road trip of the season Thursday in Kansas City, where they play four games before going to Cleveland for three games early next week.

This and that

• In pitching seven innings of one-run ball in the 3-2 win Tuesday night over the Braves, Garrett Crochet became the third Sox pitcher in history to pitch six-plus innings with one or no runs allowed and eight-plus strikeouts, joining Jack McDowell (1991) and Juan Pizarro (1963).
• Right-hander Nick Nastrini was scheduled to pitch for Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday, setting up a potential debut start in Cleveland on Monday.
  
• Outfielder Robbie Grossman, who could join the team soon, homered twice, including hitting a grand slam in his Triple-A Charlotte debut Tuesday.
  
• The Sox led the American League and ranked fourth in the majors with a .994 fielding percentage through Tuesday.
  
• The Sox ranked last in the majors with a .120 average (3-for-25) with runners in scoring position.