White Sox Injured Pitchers Closer to Return

White Sox pitchers Carlos Rodon and Zack Putnam have recently shown improvement in healing from their injuries. Rodon has felt more mobility in his sprained wrist and Putnam threw off the mound for the first time in almost a month.

Rodon told Scott Merkin of WhiteSox.Com “This last week, I made a lot of progress. Two days into vacation, I really couldn’t move it,” referring to the start of the All-Star break. “The past couple of days, now I can move it around a little bit, and it’s feeling better.”

Rodon said he should be ready to go in another week. That would mean one or two more missed starts. The White Sox recalled Jacob Turner from AAA Charlotte to start in Rodon’s place today. The…