CHICAGO – An irony arose at the moment in which the Dominican Eloy Jiménez suffered an injury in his left hamstring while running around the bases in Tuesday’s game against the Blue Jays.
It was the first time that Jimenez He felt 100 percent since returning from a left adductor injury, which had kept the White Sox designated hitter out of action between April 1 and 15.
“I felt really good,” said the Quisqueyan. “And if you ask me how to explain [esta lesión], the truth is I don’t know. Stinks”.
This latest mishap for Jiménez will keep him apart between four and six weeks, according to the White Sox, although the slugger mentioned that he did a light workout before speaking to the press on Saturday. It is one more injury for the 27-year-old player, who has been dealing with multiple physical mishaps since he debuted with the club in 2019.
“It’s frustrating. “It’s frustrating,” Jiménez repeated. “Especially when I was starting to feel better at the plate. She passed and it sucks, but I’m not going to sit here and feel sorry for her.”
“I’m going to continue working hard and see what happens,” he continued. “I think I’ve done what I’ve had to do, but it just keeps happening. At the end of the day, I thank God for giving me the opportunity to be here and work every day.”
Jiménez, whose contract includes club options of $16.5 million for 2025 and 2026, with $3 million in compensation, has had good years. In 2019 he hit 31 home runs and drove in 79 runs in his rookie campaign. And he was starting to feel connected to the plate once again when he suffered his most recent hamstring issue, scoring a run on Corey Julks’ single.
“When I was close to scoring, I felt it. I said, ‘Not again.’ That was my reaction,” confessed the native of Santo Domingo. “I know that one day I will find the answer. “This will just be a bad dream, a nightmare.”
