White Sox's Jimenez likely to miss series with sprained foot

Eloy Jimenez (right) began Friday batting .296 with 14 home runs, 41 RBI and 14 doubles in 55 games. Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

White Sox's Eloy Jimenez likely to miss weekend series with sprained foot

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Sep 25, 2020 7:27 PM ET

The Chicago White Sox entered Friday losers of five straight games and have dropped seven of their last nine en route to falling below the Minnesota Twins in the American League standings and down the AL postseason seedings.

Chicago manager Rick Renteria offered more bad news for fans on Friday when, per the Associated Press (h/t ESPN), he told reporters that outfielder Eloy Jimenez will likely miss this weekend's series against the Chicago Cubs due to the sprained right foot he suffered sliding into home during Thursday's 5-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians.

"We'll know more in a few days," Renteria said while adding that the 23-year-old needs to "to be off his feet" over that time.

Jimenez began Friday batting .296 with 14 home runs, 41 RBI and 14 doubles in 55 games.

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Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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