Luis Robert Jr. is expected to play games at the White Sox complex in Glendale, Ariz., at the end of the week as he inches closer to a return from a hip flexor strain that sidelined after seven games. The All-Star center fielder's next step after the backfield games will be a minor league rehab assignment, likely at Triple-A Charlotte. “We're going to try to push him upwards to 90% here shortly and hopefully get him into some games in Arizona later in the week and see how he responds,” manager Pedro Grifol said before the Sox' scheduled game against the Nationals Monday was rained out.
Dylan Cease was traded for prospects in March, but general manager Chris Getz stopped right there. Center fielder Luis Robert Jr. was a different story, a media guide coverboy, budding superstar, 26-year-old face of the franchise. Robert was not put up for auction in the first offseason of Getz' rebuilding effort. The thinking goes like this: While the Sox' Double-A Birmingham roster is stocked with prospects, the Triple-A Charlotte roster, aside from a few, is thin.
No | Player | P |
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57 | P | |
59 | P | |
52 | P | |
45 | P | |
71 | P | |
20 | P | |
77 | P | |
63 | P | |
54 | P | |
46 | P | |
34 | P | |
58 | P | |
49 | P | |
55 | P | |
62 | P | |
51 | P | |
40 | P | |
36 | P |
No | Player | P |
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26 | C | |
15 | C | |
33 | C |
No | Player | P |
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29 | SS | |
8 | 2B | |
0 | 3B | |
10 | 3B | |
44 | 2B | |
1 | 2B | |
17 | SS | |
25 | 1B |
No | Player | P |
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23 | LF | |
7 | CF | |
28 | CF | |
88 | CF | |
32 | RF |
No | Player | P |
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74 | DH |