{"id":75416,"date":"2024-06-04T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=75416"},"modified":"2024-06-03T23:47:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T03:47:48","slug":"eloy-jimenez-end-white-sox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/04\/eloy-jimenez-end-white-sox\/","title":{"rendered":"Injury-Prone Slugger Might Soon Be Done with White Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago White Sox have had nothing but bad luck this season. They have suffered some damaging losses in weird ways and had some strange things happen to a few of their players. These strange things are mostly injuries. They lost their \u201cbig three\u201d almost immediately to start the season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/roberlu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-03_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luis Robert Jr.<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/moncayo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-03_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yoan Moncada<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jimenel02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-03_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eloy Jim\u00e9nez<\/a> have all been injured this year. Robert Jr. and Moncada have not made their way back yet, although Robert Jr. is close. Jim\u00e9nez came back, played for a few games, and then went back on the injured list with another hamstring injury. Could this be the last straw for the White Sox? Has the fan base seen the last of Eloy Jim\u00e9nez in a White Sox uniform?<\/p>\n<h2>Is This the End of Eloy Jim\u00e9nez with the White Sox?<\/h2>\n<h3>The History<\/h3>\n<p>Jim\u00e9nez\u2019s injury history is quite extensive. He has been hurt multiple times in his career with the Sox. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/sports\/mlb\/chicago-white-sox\/a-full-timeline-of-eloy-jimenezs-tragic-injury-history\/3403475\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC Chicago<\/a> which puts out a comprehensive list of his injuries, Jim\u00e9nez has suffered a total of 19 injuries since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>His being constantly injured has harmed the White Sox before. He has been gone so much that it has interrupted the White Sox&#8217;s plans with their lineup. They have a set plan for their lineup going into the season, which includes Jim\u00e9nez and before you know it, that lineup has to be dashed and changes need to be made because Jim\u00e9nez gets hurt.<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t fault a guy for getting hurt, but someone who is hurt as often as Jim\u00e9nez might be more of a detriment than anything.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Eloy Jimenez\u2019s injury history is longer than a CVS receipt. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0lmaIRrtNy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/0lmaIRrtNy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike (@ChiSoxFanMike) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChiSoxFanMike\/status\/1793479536207954304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>The Here and Now<\/h3>\n<p>Jim\u00e9nez was running the bases when he pulled up after suffering another injury, this time to his hamstring which will have him out for at least a month. It could be longer, it could be shorter, but what are the White Sox going to do when he returns? Are they going to be able to rely on his ability, or will they be out of luck again when he likely gets hurt again?<\/p>\n<p>The White Sox need stability. They don\u2019t have much of it, but they need to get it anywhere that they can get it. Having Jim\u00e9nez on the roster is a plus when he\u2019s playing well and staying healthy. But when he&#8217;s a threat to get injured at any time, it makes things complicated for the Sox.<\/p>\n<h3>What Should The Sox Do?<\/h3>\n<p>If Jim\u00e9nez makes it back in a month, which would be sometime around the first of July, the White Sox front office should evaluate what kind of impact he will have on the team. Do they want to hold a spot and keep trying to develop someone who could miss about two months a season or more due to injury? Or will they, instead, decide to go another direction?<\/p>\n<p>Trading Jim\u00e9nez is out of the question. There isn\u2019t a team out there who will want to give up anything for a player who&#8217;s injured so often. They won\u2019t take a chance on him knowing his history and wouldn&#8217;t give the Sox much of anything in return.<\/p>\n<p>So Chicago will likely be stuck with him. Or will they?<\/p>\n<p>The White Sox are likely going to cut their losses and move on from Jim\u00e9nez at season&#8217;s end. It\u2019s hard to imagine them sticking with a guy who can\u2019t stay on the field. Look for the Sox to move on from him in the new year. They will start over with other prospects in the designated hitter role.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago White Sox have had nothing but bad luck this season. They have suffered some damaging losses in weird ways and had some strange things happen to a few of their players. These strange things are mostly injuries. They lost their \u201cbig three\u201d almost immediately to start the season. Luis Robert Jr., Yoan Moncada, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5066,"featured_media":75684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1071],"tags":[1091,2513,6391,772],"class_list":["post-75416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whitesox","category-mlb","tag-eloy-jimenez","tag-injured-list","tag-luis-robert-jr","tag-yoan-moncada"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5066"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}