Jared Mitchell underwent surgery to repair a tendon tear on the inside of his right ankle on Tuesday:
Mitchell will be immobilized for four to six weeks before beginning the rehabilitation process. Tuesday’s 75-minute procedure, performed by Dr. John Nassar, a foot and ankle specialist at the Greenbaum Outpatient Surgery in Scottsdale, Ariz., went “OK. I think.”
“Somehow we ended up taking out more parts than we put back in,” Nassar said, “but everything seems to fit, so…”
Just kidding. It went “extremely well.” Still, Mitchell will miss the entire season.
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In previous springs, open competitions in the bullpen (2007), infield (2009) and center field (every year) failed to thrill. That said, this year’s righty fight is going down to the wire with three outstanding performances.
Daniel Hudson, Sergio Santos and Greg Aquino each held the Rockies scoreless in their appearances during the White Sox’s 6-1 victory on Tuesday.
*Hudson threw two scoreless innings, striking out two while allowing just one hit. It was Hudson’s most effective outing of the spring (he’s allowed five runs on 10 hits and a walk over eight innings, striking out just three), but Ozzie Guillen has liked the way he’s throwing.
*Santos retired two batters, both by the strikeout, giving him seven over 4 2/3 innings. He did walk two batters, though, which was his first flash of the wildness he’s known for this preseason.
*Aquino is the big surprise. After retiring all four batters he faced, he’s now thrown 6 1/3 hitless innings over three outings.
Santos seems to be the leader unless he continues walking three batters an inning, if only because he’s out of options. He might have to fall hard to get back to Charlotte at this point with the stuff he’s shown.
Behind Santos is Aquino, who might give Guillen some D.J. Carrasco-like versatility, even if, like Carrasco, he has to bide his time with the Knights for a while. Hudson, through no fault of his own, looks like a lock for Triple-A.
