One year and three days after Eloy Jiménez hung himself out to dry on the left field fence at Camelback Ranch and missed the next four months with a ruptured pectoral tendon, Andrew Vaughn injured himself in the other corner.
Vaughn left today's game against the Dodgers on a cart in the fourth inning after a diving catch on a Hanser Alberto fly ball.
It wasn't the most elegant effort, and he hit the ground with a thud, but the extent of the pain didn't seem to register immediately. Vaughn returned the ball to the infield from his knees, then gradually rose to his feet, where he had a pleasant-enough exchange with Luis Robert. Only when he started returning to his position did he realize that something was amiss, hobbling and flexing his right knee. James Kruk came out to meet him in right field, and they both left via motorized assistance.
Micker Adolfo replaced him in right field, which could foreshadow future lineups if action is needed, and the White Sox do the minimum.
We'll update this when the White Sox issue one themselves.
