Injury Updates

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Gordon Bekcham - Head trainer Herm Schneider said Gordon Beckham's surgery went "splendidly" & recovery time will be about 6 weeks

John Danks - Will pitch again in Arizona on Saturday and then rejoin the team after his start to continue his workouts. Ventura said "Danks velocity has increased.

Angel Sanchez - 15 day DL with lower back-strain retroactive to Wed 4.10

Don Cooper - will rejoin the team Friday.

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Dan Hayes
Dayan Viciedo is down after a big swing. Ventura and trainer out to check on him. Grabbed his left side after swing. He's out.

Sun-Times Sports
UPDATE: #WhiteSox outfielder Dayan Viciedo has a left oblique strain. The injury will be re-evaluated on Friday: http://suntm.es/ZB27aS

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Scott Merkin
Dayan Viciedo is undergoing treatment today on his oblique strain. He remains day-to-day.

Pitching coach Don Cooper, who has been away from the team since April 9 due to a battle with diverticulitis, returns to the White Sox bench on Saturday.
"I'm the only guy disappointed we are not playing," said Cooper, who was at U.S. Cellular on Friday afternoon. "I feel a lot better than I was. I'm good to go."

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Chris De Luca

White Sox put Dayan Viciedo on 15-day DL (retro to April 19) with a strained left oblique and recall OF Blake Tekotte from AAA Charlotte

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Gordon Beckham will continue to perform drills that don't involve his left hand. "I'm going to just go shag and throw a couple of balls."

John Danks sent back to Arizona for an extended spring training to continue working to regain his velocity, said Ventura. Make his next start Friday.

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Scott Merkin
Hector Gimenez feels a little sore but said he could have played tonight if needed. Was hit in the left shin by Masterson pitch Monday

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Scott Merkin
Here's Dunn talking about that right hand issue in today's Beat: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...k_cws&c_id=cws




Jeff Keppinger is out of Friday's lineup because of back spasms.
Jeff Keppinger out with "a lower back issue" according to Ventura. Day to day, Felt it last night. Tyler Greene starting at second

[CoopaLoop]

Was there an update on Danks this week? Wasn't he supposed to throw with Coop on Wednesday and then they would figure out the next plan of attack?

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Sox place RHP Gavin Floyd (flexor muscle strain in right arm) on 15-day DL; recall RHP Deunte Heath from Triple-A Charlotte.

Dan Hayes
Gavin Floyd to DL; Deunte Heath promoted. Also sounds as if John Danks will start a minor-league rehab assignment next.

Doug Padilla
John Danks to head out on a minor-league assignment. Hopes to slide into Floyd's spot after a few outings.
Floyd MRI shows only muscle injury. No tendon or ligament issue. Still no timetable for a return.

[salty99]

Leyson Septimo on a rehab assignment to Charlotte Knights.

[Lip Man 1]

Septimo needs to be waived outright, he's terrible.

Lip

[JB98]

Originally Posted by Lip Man 1

Septimo needs to be waived outright, he's terrible.

Lip

He and Heath should be nothing more than roster filler in Charlotte.

Those two guys have shown me they are afraid to throw strikes at the big-league level. Therefore, they are only of some use in Charlotte.

I'm surprised the Sox haven't called up Jeff Gray. He's basically an AAAA pitcher, but he's got 115 appearances in at the major-league level and he throws more strikes than either of the two aforementioned bums.

[Harry Potter]

Originally Posted by Lip Man 1

Septimo needs to be waived outright, he's terrible.

Lip

Donnie Veal is trying to become the 2013 version of Leyson Septimo

[Lip Man 1]

Gonzo told me that's something he's going to look into, why has it seemed Veal and Jones have regressed.

Lip

[amsteel]

Originally Posted by Lip Man 1

Gonzo told me that's something he's going to look into, why has it seemed Veal and Jones have regressed.

Lip

Teams now have a season's worth of data on how they approach different scenarios?

That doesn't solve the wildness of Veal, but rookies have a slight advantage right when they get called up due to lack of data.