A Trio of White Sox Injuries Continues to Get Ugly for the Team

The big three as some like to call them, Moncada, Robert Jr., and Jiménez were all taken out by leg and mid-body injuries. Moncada was taken down by a left adductor strain- that’s a hip injury. Robert Jr. was felled by a right hip flexor strain. Again, a hip injury. Finally, Jiménez is suffering from the same strain that Moncada is suffering from. The White Sox must have something, after years of these types of injuries, that they can do to prevent this from happening repeatedly.

In doing the research for this article, the one that sticks out the most was from the Fremont Therapy Group which said that it can be prevented by warming up properly, making sure that you are strengthening the area, and also by a training staff that helps you get that area strong. Perhaps the White Sox need to work on strengthening the lower bodies of their players to ensure that things like this don’t keep happening. There must be something that they can do to prevent this from happening, repeatedly.

A Saving Grace

Chicago could be lucky in terms of how soon these guys come back from these injuries. There was a recent report that said that Robert Jr., would be back at about the end of May. Jimenez could be back in the next few days and Moncada could be back sometime in the middle of July. That’s promising for the Sox. The sooner they get these guys back, the better off they will be.

However, what happens if they wind up hurt again? With these three, it’s going to happen. What if it’s another hip or a lower-body injury? Then you must point the finger at the White Sox training staff for bringing them back way too soon. They need to heal and perhaps they should let them heal longer than normal. The White Sox aren’t going to the World Series anyway. Let them rest and repair themselves. Let’s not jeopardize their future by having them play for a team that’s heading for a record amount of losses.