White Sox Minor League Update: July 23, 2021

Ron Vesely/Getty Images The Yermín Mercedes Experience plows on, both good and bad. I’m sorry, but I’m going to start this summary talking about Yermín Mercedes, because there is something quite wrong with him, in his life, right now. He got the start tonight at DH, and homered on his second pitch back:

WELCOME BACK YERMINATOR!!!

He CRUSHES this baseball to left center to give the Knights the early 1-0 lead in Durham! #FunKnights | #Yerminator pic.twitter.com/P0T6o6v1ZL

— Charlotte Knights (@KnightsBaseball) July 23, 2021 It would end up as the GWRBI in tonight’s shutout in Durham. In his second at-bat, Mercedes singled Eloy Jiménez over to third, thrown out trying to sneak to second on the…