After every crippling injury that the Chicago White Sox have endured, the same question has been posed: “How will they overcome this loss?”
After Eloy Jiménez went down, Yermín Mercedes stepped up and filled Jiménez’s void from Day 1.
After Luis Robert went down, Billy Hamilton and the many makeshift outfield alignments did their part to lessen the weight of Robert’s absence.
However, ever since Nick Madrigal was shelved for the season two weeks ago, the White Sox have struggled to bounce back and find consistency with their offense.
Mercedes’ brutal slump, injuries to practically every outfielder in the organization, and the near season-long absences of Robert and Jiménez have all accumulated in the past week, putting the White Sox in a position where the urgency to make a move grows by the day.