Jose Abreu was in visible pain after being hit in the left knee by a JT Chargois pitch during today’s 3-2 White Sox loss to the Mariners, but the reigning AL MVP appears to have avoided a worst-case scenario. The Sox announced that Abreu had suffered a bruised knee, and that x-rays were negative.
Abreu had to be removed for a pinch-runner after his HBP in the sixth inning of the first game of the doubleheader, and obviously wasn’t in Chicago’s lineup for Game 2. Andrew Vaughn replaced Abreu at first base and Yasmani Grandal played first in the second game, and these two are likely to see the bulk of first-base duties while Abreu is recovering, or if a stint on the 10-day injured list is ultimately required.
As MLB.com’s Scott Merkin notes, Abreu has had to deal with several minor injuries this season, which could explain his dropoff in production from his big 2020 campaign. Abreu’s 111 wRC+ is still above average, but is hitting a comparatively modest .244/.323/.435 with 12 home runs over an even 300 plate appearances. It’s fair to wonder (as White Sox manager Tony La Russa recently did) whether or not these accumulated knocks were taking their toll on Abreu, since he entered today’s action with only a .523 OPS and one homer over his last 98 PA. It could be that the Sox decide a 10-day IL stint is warranted even if the knee bruise isn’t overly serious, just to give Abreu some time to recharge for the second half of the season.
If Abreu does have to miss time, it would represent yet another significant loss to Chicago’s starting lineup. The team’s entire projected starting outfield (Eloy Jimenez, Luis Robert, Adam Eaton) are on the injured list, as well as backups Adam Engel and Billy Hamilton. As well, second baseman Nick Madrigal’s season is already over after undergoing hamstring surgery. After the loss in the first half of today’s doubleheader, the White Sox have dropped seven of their last eight games, reducing their lead in the AL Central to two games over the Indians.
give him w/e time he needs. its amazing that this team is 13 games over 500 w/ a +81 run differential considering ~1/2 their real lineup is out long-term
Thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.
Jose to play tomorrow!
Thankfully, game postponed tonight.
RIP Jerry Reinsdorf’s wife.
This is is absolute top baseball league in the world.
It’s players are supposed to be top performers.
It is long past the time that pitchers and the team’s they play for be held accountable for their lack of control that results in the injury to a member of the opposing team.
The pitcher responsible for throwing the pitch that injures a player should
IMMEDIATELY be SUSPENDED without ANY ROSTER ADJUSTMENTS PERMITTED
for the Full length of time that the injured player is unable to compete at the major league level.
Ridiculous.
nentwigs, did you drink the Kool aid?
How it it FAIR that a team lose the services of a position player for an indeterminate amount of time just because a pitcher, playing at the highest level of professional baseball is unable to control where he throws the ball?
Because stuff happens. They’re professionals. Not machines. They’re still human. Errors will be made. sometimes, the ball just slips out of a pitcher’s grip at the wrong point of release. If it wasn’t intentional, you can’t hold the pitcher accountable for an errant pitch.
Why do you want to penalize a pitcher (and his team) for unintentionally injuring an opposing player? Accidents happen. Everyone affiliated with the game knows this.
It doesn’t matter that it was unintentional. Result is that a defenseless member of the opposing team that is being relied up to perform is injured through no fault of their own and is rendered incapable of contributing for his team for an indeterminate amount of time due to an “Accident”. While one team loses a player, the other team suffers NO CONSEQUENCES !!
Lol that’s such a bad take that if you wrote just kidding at the end it would be a top tier hilarious comment
yes and because they put in top level effort they sometimes get injured. sheesh.
One pitch gets away and the pitcher should be suspended for weeks, maybe months? And there’s so much difference between getting hit on the hand vs the butt, even though you have to miss the plate by much more to hit the butt. In that case, a player who hits the hand could be suspended six weeks and one who hits the butt could miss no time though he made a much worse pitch. Just a bad idea.
The idea was, as presented that the pitcher who hit and injured an opposing player that resulted in that player being unable to participate at the Major League level should be suspended for that same length of time. I made no mention of where the batter was hit having anything to do with the length of the suspension. It is just unfair that just because of a pitcher’s mistake, a team loses the contributions of a player as a result of that injury while NEITHER the pitcher or his team DOES NOT suffer ANY CONSEQUENCES AT ALL.
Oh, Gee, your guy is out for 8 weeks? I didn’t mean to hit him. SORRY !!
You don’t penalize athletes for accidentally injuring another player. In football, the players have to tackle. When you tackle, unintended injuries will happen. In Hockey, there is checking. In soccer, there are slides. In basketball, there are attempted blocks/steals. In baseball, you are throwing a ball 90 mph +!!!! It is a side affect of the game that sometimes players are going to be hit! If Moncada makes an errant throw to first and hits the base runner, should he be suspended? ANYONE in ANY sport trying to intentionally injure someone should have major consequences! Accidents though….accidents happen!!!!!
How do u penalize a pitcher when MLB takes away his “sticky stuff”?!!
Here is a trade proposal the White Sox should do in the next week. Andrew Vaughn and Jared Kelly to the Rangers for Joey Gallo. It’s obvious the White Sox need a right fielder while the Rangers are about three years away from even considering contending in the American League West. Vaughn has major potential to be good with no minor league experience where it is showing in his numbers and needs to develop somewhere with no pressure.
Throw in Ricky Vaughn and you may have a deal !!
i dont think CHW wants to move either of those players, much less together and for a rental.
Gallo is not a free agent until after next season. A rental would be guy like Bryant who is hitting free agency after this season. The White Sox are in need of a right fielder until Cespedes is ready and there is no Eaton’s team option is going to be picked up next season.
Both Burger and Vaughn are on the 40 man roster and on the current payroll so one of them has to be a trade piece in the near future.
That is one of the worst trade proposals I’ve seen on here, non-Yankees division. Wow. I wouldn’t do either for Gallo straight up. Tons of power, great glove, but rarely makes contact and only controlled through next year. Just a hard pass.
Vaughn is already a major league average player despite never hitting above A ball and playing a new position.
Kelly Sheets and a third player all I would offer.
Honestly as a Sox fan I wouldn’t trade any young prospects right now. With this number of players hurt it’s a lost season.
They either need to do nothing or really go for it. This rumored acquisition of Escobar would be upsetting if that’s all they do. He’s not likely to make any significant difference and sometimes even lottery ticket prospects hit. There’s nothing wrong with getting Escobar if the price is right, but only if he’s just a small part of what the Sox do with trades.
Their “lost season” has them in first place…
Sox waiting for the ez part of their schedule when they play the Cubbies!
With Cleveland SP’s out with injuries… Sox will have 15 game leads over everyone else in their division.
If they ever start hitting… sigh. Rodon would have ten wins by this point if there were any offense during his games.
Put him on the IL and let him recover fully. He’s already been struggling and could use a full period to recover physically and mentally.
Call up Sheets and see what he can do. He may be needed later I. A trade or in September.