White Sox Shortstop Tim Anderson was removed from tonight’s game with the Angels after suffering a hamstring injury while trying to hit a grounder for first base. According to the official announcement of Sox, Anderson is day-to-day with tightness in the left tendon.
Leury Garcia took Anderson’s place on the shortstop before the end of the first inning, and Garcia is the likely replacement if Anderson needs some time on the injured list. More internal depth of field is available in the form of Danny Mendick at the secondary league level, in addition to other experienced MLB players such as Matt Reynolds, Marco Hernandez, and Tim Beckham who were at the camp on smaller businesses.
Of course, there is no easy replacement for Anderson, who has emerged as one of the best hitter in the sport in the past two seasons. Anderson hit 0.331 / 0.357 / 0.514 (130 OPS +, 133 wRC +) with 28 home runs in 739 PA in 2019-20, winning the AL batting title in 2019 and a Silver Slugger Award last season. The White Sox were already losing one of their biggest bats in Eloy Jimenez (who will miss most of the season recovering from surgery to repair a broken chest tendon), as well as the fourth outfielder Adam Engel, who is out on the pitch due to an injury to the tendon in his own leg.