Jimmy Lambert’s lost 2024 season has officially come to a close, as the White Sox announced that the right-hander underwent shoulder surgery earlier this week. The exact nature of the surgery and a timeline aren’t yet known, so it is possible Lambert could face another extended recovery period that stretches beyond Opening Day 2025.
Lambert suffered a right rotator cuff strain in March and began the season on the 60-day injured list. He started a rehab assignment in July but he was shut down again after pitching in two Arizona Complex League games. Since an arthroscopic ankle surgery also cut short Lambert’s previous season, he hasn’t pitched in a big league game since September 3, 2023.
A fifth-round pick for the White Sox in the 2018 draft, Lambert made his MLB debut in 2020 and has compiled a 4.33 ERA over his 99 2/3 career innings in the Show. It seemed like Lambert had found a niche for himself with a solid season out of Chicago’s bullpen in 2022, but he ran into renewed problems with the home run ball last year, contributing to a 5.26 ERA in 37 2/3 frames in 2023. Walks have also been a consistent issue for Lambert in the majors, as per his career 11.3% walk rate.
Spending the entire season on the Major League injured list has banked a full year of MLB service time for Lambert, making him eligible for salary arbitration this coming offseason. That isn’t much consolation since it now makes it more likely that the White Sox will just non-tender Lambert, or they could work out a low-cost new contract to keep him in the organization while he recovers from surgery.
Oh no! How will the Sox make the playoffs now??
Maybe a crowdfunded effort to buy them all tickets? Reinsdorf won’t open the pocketbook.
Hopefully, he dies soon. Come on runaway bus!
Wow that’s a bit morbid. But while many Sox fans want Reinsdorf gone, from what I hear his kids don’t want anything to do with the Sox. So they’re gonna probably sell the team or move them out of town. I’m sure you’d be happy to have new owners.
Mainlining that schadenfreude for dead billionaires. First submarine, recently megayacht, I need a new form of transportation. And this time it has to be land-based, or a flying train.
Morbid? Wishing a geriatric billionaire to die so his spoiled kids can sell them off to the highest Chinese bidder is not being morbid, just honest.
coop: More like, How are they gonna lose 120 games now with one less player of his level?
Yeah Mike there are Sox players I root for even tho, like you, my team is the Cubs. Certainly can’t blame a guy who hadn’t pitched all year, that’s right. I dont’ know much about him tbh.
You know, Bauer, that’s just despicable.
No it’s not, grandma.
Can’t blame him for how bad they are. Come back strong next year young man. Like this dude.
the white sox season ended a long time ago
This was a problem diagnosed in spring training (March) and he’s just now having surgery?? (late August) Just shows you how behind the 8-ball this organization is.
Palehose72: Reinsdorf probably wanted Lambert’s insurance company to pay for it.
My analyst told me that Chicago had Lambert, Hendriks and Ross.