Chicago White Sox outfielder exits game with injury

The White Sox saw one of their everyday players exit Tuesday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels. Leading off the bottom of the fourth inning, Pereira would swing at the first pitch and shake his right shoulder a bit, but nothing too noticeable. He would continue the at-bat without any delay and eventually strike out swinging. However, Pereira would exit the game in the top half of the inning, being replaced by Austin Hays in right field.

Chicago would officially announce the injury as right shoulder soreness and list him as day-to-day. Pereira has been swinging the bat well compared to his career numbers. In 15 games, he has gone 16 of 64 (.250) with three homers, seven RBI, seven runs scored, and a stolen base. His .763 OPS this year is more than 200 points above his career number.

It appears that the injury is not anything too severe if the team already called it day-to-day. If he is forced to miss any time, do not be surprised to see either Austin Hays or Derek Hill take his spot. Pereira has become a middle-of-the-order bat for the White Sox this season. Chicago has been struggling offensively, so losing his bat at this point for any team would be difficult to overcome.

Do not be surprised to see him sit out on Wednesday to rest up the injury and give him more time to heal. It will be intriguing to see how manager Will Venable draws up the lineup for tomorrow’s game.