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White Sox Place Yasmani Grandal On Injured List, Activate Lance Lynn

By Anthony Franco | June 13, 2022 at 3:24pm CDT

The White Sox announced they’ve placed catcher Yasmani Grandal on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to June 12, due to lower back spasms. Coming off the IL to take his active roster spot is starter Lance Lynn, who is in line to make his season debut. In order to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for Lynn — who had been on the 60-day IL — the club has placed reliever Ryan Burr on release waivers.

Grandal missed yesterday’s game against the Rangers because of a left hamstring issue, but the back spasms diagnosis comes as a surprise. Chicago selected Seby Zavala to the MLB roster yesterday as insurance, and he figures to back up Reese McGuire for as long as Grandal is out. The two-time All-Star will be eligible to return by the middle of next week, but the team has yet to provide any sort of timetable for his recovery.

Even prior to the injury, the 2022 campaign has been a nightmare for Grandal. Typically one of the game’s best offensive catchers, the 33-year-old has had a very rough first couple months of the season. Over 201 plate appearances, he’s hitting .185/.294/.237 with just a pair of home runs. Grandal is still drawing walks at an excellent 13.4% clip, but he’s collected only five extra-base hits all year as his batted ball quality has plummeted. It’s a rather shocking downturn for a player who hit .240/.420/.520 in 93 games last season, and the IL stint will perhaps afford Grandal an opportunity for a mental reset as he searches for his previous form.

McGuire, acquired from the Blue Jays just before Opening Day, hasn’t made much of an offensive impact either. He’s hitting .235/.280/.286 in 110 trips to the plate in a Chicago uniform, a step back from the .253/.310/.343 mark he posted in Toronto last year. A left-handed hitter, he’ll pair with the righty-swinging Zavala to form the catching tandem for manager Tony La Russa for now.

Lynn is listed as the probate starter for tonight’s game against the Tigers. La Russa suggested yesterday he’d likely be activated on Tuesday, but he’ll take the ball for the first time a day earlier than anticipated. The 35-year-old righty has been out all season after undergoing right knee surgery in April, but he’s now ready to get back on the hill. That should be a notable boost for a Chicago team that owns a disappointing 27-31 record, as Lynn has been one of the game’s most effective arms over the past couple years. He tossed 157 innings of 2.69 ERA ball last season, earning a two-year contract extension in the process.

Burr, meanwhile, could be seeing his time in the organization come to a close. A Diamondbacks draftee, he was acquired by the ChiSox as a minor leaguer in 2017 and reached the bigs a season later. He’s suited up at the MLB level in each of the past four years, making 66 appearances. The righty has a 4.08 ERA across 75 innings, including an excellent 2.45 mark through 36 2/3 frames a season ago. However, he’s posted a mediocre 20.6% strikeout rate and an elevated 12.2% walk percentage during his MLB tenure.

It seems the primary impetus for Burr’s release, however, is a health issue. The 28-year-old has been on the minor league injured list for the past couple weeks with an undisclosed injury. Players on the MiLB IL still count against a team’s 40-man roster, but injured players cannot be placed on outright waivers. To take Burr off the 40-man roster, Chicago either had to release him or recall him and place him on the MLB 60-day IL. The latter course of action would’ve required paying him a major league salary, however, and the Sox have decided they’d rather expose him to waivers.

While Burr hasn’t missed many bats at the MLB level, he’s induced grounders on more than half the balls in play against him and averaged around 95 MPH on his fastball. That could intrigue another team enough to grab him and stash him on their 40-man roster or major league injured list. If Burr clears waivers, he’d be a free agent.

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  1. tstats

    8 months ago

    Cold move to release Burr

    Reply
    • rememberthecoop

      8 months ago

      You almost got me.

      Reply
    • Mattimeo09

      8 months ago

      They’re giving him the cold shoulder

      Reply
      • Dumpster Divin Theo

        8 months ago

        Brrrrr

        Reply
  2. ponytail01

    8 months ago

    At first, they said Grandal had hamstring tightness. Now it’s back spasms. Hopefully, they will check his vision before he comes back.

    Reply
    • Sheep8

      8 months ago

      “Back spasms”

      Reply
      • ponytail01

        8 months ago

        Seems like somebody or somebodies in that organization has “brain cramps”

        Reply
    • Dogbone

      8 months ago

      I’m going to miss Grandal. I’ll miss the menacing look he gives to any umpire that has the ‘nerve’ to call a strike on him. His earning power for the future, is declining rapidly. Plus I’ll miss watching him try to play defense.

      Reply
  3. You Can Put It In The Books

    8 months ago

    What is the role of a “probate” starter?

    Reply
    • Edp007

      8 months ago

      Rules on the estate of affairs in the clubhouse ?

      Reply
    • ahh

      8 months ago

      Grandal’s bat has died so its estate needs to go through probate.

      Reply
  4. mike127

    8 months ago

    Finally some “good” injury news for the Sox. This will be an addition by subtraction result over the next couple weeks. Lynn coming back….meh. Grandal not being able to continue to drag the team down….stupendous.

    Reply
  5. JimmyForum

    8 months ago

    The WhiteSox should just fold or at least merge with the cubs. What a trash organization. Fireworks and Jean Short night belong in the minor leagues.

    Reply
    • Rallyshirt

      8 months ago

      It’s the Southside. Fireworks and Jean Shorts happen every summer night!

      Reply
    • ChiSoxCity

      8 months ago

      If the Sox are a “trash” organization, what does that make the Cubs? A heaping pile? Hot reeking garbage with a preponderance of stagnation and summer humidity stench?

      Reply
      • CubsHope5

        8 months ago

        Considering the sox haven’t won a playoff series since 2005 not sure you have a point there. The cubs have made the playoffs as many times since 2015 (5x) than the sox have since the MLB strike in 94

        Reply
  6. Bucky LaGrange

    8 months ago

    Remember when Tony LaRussa intentionally walked that guy with 2 strikes, and immediately had one of the worst baseball decisions in recent memory, blow right up in his face when Max Muncy hit that bomb? Then afterward had the gall to question anyone who didn’t agree with the call? Yeah, I remember that too. Reinsdorf is asleep at the wheel continuing to let this guy run the ball club.

    Reply
    • Samuel

      8 months ago

      LOL

      Yes…it’s all on Larussa. The 3rd manager since Ozzie that can’t get the Sox players to play fundamental baseball. And Ozzie used to blow up over the trash that Kenny Williams gave him….players that also wouldn’t listen.

      A team of guys that simply can’t play baseball.

      Point the finger at the people that assembled that roster….and the punch line –> The payroll is stretched to it’s limit with guys due for large raises, and their minor league teams have no real prospects. Guess Larussa did that too.

      Reply
      • Play the Game

        8 months ago

        Samuel
        You are spot on! How many times do we have OF running into each other. Man on third 0 outs he doesn’t score. Moncada is getting I think $40 million this year and next, Grandal $18, it’s a Cluster! Wish I could find another team but I can’t I’m a Sox fan!

        Reply
        • Samuel

          8 months ago

          Play the Game;

          Buckle up.

          I don’t think you and other Sox fans realize how bad it is….and I believe that the owner, FO people, and surely Larussa understand the reality of the teams situation…..and maybe even did last year when they “went for it” trading a controlled 2B for an expensive closer when they had the best one in the AL.

    • ChiSoxCity

      8 months ago

      Reinsdorf is not “asleep”. He’s doing the same thing he’s been doing since I bought the team for a half dollar in 1981. The Chicago White Sox are nothing but a means of steady cash flow and a tax shelter for his enterprises. The Bulls too.

      Reply
      • Samuel

        8 months ago

        You’re too good and smart to be wasting your time on those teams.

        Either buy the Sox or find another replacement in your life to spend your time on.

        Reply

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