As we enter the second week of the MLB common season, listed below are three issues to keep watch over across the league:
1. Is Eloy Jiménez headed for the IL?
White Sox DH Eloy Jiménez left Sunday’s contest in opposition to the Tigers with what the workforce initially deemed “left adductor soreness” and supervisor Pedro Grifol later referred to as “an adductor pressure” (per Scott Merkin of MLB.com). The adductors are muscle groups that run from the pelvic bone to the knee alongside the internal thigh.
After the sport, Grifol stated, “We’ll see tomorrow how [Jiménez] wakes up. They’re going to do some testing on it… We’re unsure till tomorrow” (per Merkin). Whereas we should always know extra in regards to the severity of Jiménez’s damage someday right this moment, James Fegan of Sox Machine notes that the oft-injured DH beforehand suffered an adductor pressure as a minor leaguer in 2018. That individual damage stored him on the shelf for 2 weeks. Fegan additionally mentions that Lenyn Sosa is being recalled from Triple-A, which appears to point an incoming IL stint announcement.
2. Extra groups ready on damage updates:
The White Sox aren’t the one workforce ready on damage updates right this moment. Two Giants gamers exited yesterday’s motion early, and the workforce stated each can be reevaluated on Monday. First baseman Wilmer Flores suffered a shoulder contusion after falling into the dugout whereas making an attempt to catch a foul ball. An inning later, beginning pitcher Daulton Jefferies left the sport himself because of proper hip discomfort.
On the minor league aspect, Rays infielder (and star prospect) Junior Caminero suffered a quad damage at Triple-A on Sunday. It appeared exceptionally painful because the younger infielder limped to first base earlier than dropping to the bottom, however there is no such thing as a phrase but on the severity of the damage. Like Flores and Jefferies, Caminero will bear testing right this moment.
3. The Giants tackle the Dodgers:
Because the Giants look ahead to updates on Flores and Jefferies, they may head to Chavez Ravine to tackle the Dodgers. San Francisco made a push to signal celebrity Shohei Ohtani this offseason, and now the Giants will get their first take a look at the two-time MVP enjoying for his or her long-time rivals. San Francisco was additionally a finalist to land NPB ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto, though the Giants gained’t see him this week in L.A.
For his or her half, the Dodgers get an opportunity to tackle the new-look Giants. Though Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi didn’t land the 2 greatest fish of the offseason, he nonetheless reworked his workforce’s roster, including Jung Hoo Lee, Jorge Soler, and Matt Chapman to the highest of the lineup and Blake Snell and Jordan Hicks to the beginning rotation.
