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“It’s gotten to a point where running and jogging, it’s pretty
painful,” the 31-year-old Benintendi said. “We all agree that
it’s the right move.”
Benintendi did not start the last four games of Chicago’s final
homestand and said he was playing through the injury since the
White Sox were swept by the Dodgers in Los Angeles July 1-3.
“We’re trying to figure out what it really is.” Benintendi said.
“The Achillies looks good. It’s just a lot of inflammation and
things like that. So try to keep moving and stay off it.”
Chicago manager Will Venable said Benintendi was limited in what
he could do.
“He was in a really tough spot," Venable said. “He could hit for
us and he just kind of puts us in a tough spot.”
Benintendi, who played with the Yankees at the end of the 2022
season, has two years remaining on a five-year, $75 million
contract he signed in January 2023. The left-handed hitting
Benintendi is batting .240 with 20 homers and 63 RBIs in 116
games this season.
Benintendi missed nearly three weeks in May with a left calf
strain after missing a week in April due to a left adductor
strain.
Benintendi reached 20 homers for the third time in his career
and is batting .245 with 45 homers and 172 RBIs since joining
the White Sox on the largest free agent contract in team
history.
“The 20 homers is nice, but the average needs to get higher,”
said Benintendi, a career .267 hitter.
Benintendi helped Boston win a World Series title in 2018. He
won a Gold Glove with Kansas City in 2021 and was chosen to his
first All-Star team in 2022, before being traded to the Yankees,
where he batted .254 in 33 games before breaking his right
wrist.
To replace Benintendi, Corey Julks had his contract selected
from Triple-A Charlotte. Julks played four games with the White
Sox last month, was designated for assignment Aug. 12 and
outrighted to the minors two days later.
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