The Chicago White Sox announced on Friday that Jon Jay is going to have season-ending hip surgery, putting a bow on a miserable season for him and the reason he was brought in. He is a very good friend to San Diego Padres superstar Manny Machado. Jay along with Yonder Alonso were both brought in to help pursue Machado to come to the south side. It didn’t work and now both Jay and Alonso are all but done with the White Sox.
Jay was having a pretty miserable year. His batting average was very okay at .