White Sox Kyle Teel sustains ankle injury in 10-3 win over Rangers

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What happened to Kyle Teel during the White Sox 10-3 win over the Rangers?

Unknown 0:01

And now there's some concern for Kyle Teal. And it is his left leg that they are working on. Kyle Teal missed so much of this season already with a hamstring strain and then tweaked his knee. As we take a look at this slide at the plate. Didn't appear to be any contact from the runner. But look at the way his foot maybe got a little stuck there and it came out. You can almost see him grimacing through the face mask. Oh man, this is not a good sign. Kyle Teal will have to be helped off the field. He is having trouble putting weight on that left leg.

Vinny Rotino 0:46

Yeah, that was not what you wanted to see in last night's game, especially out of a guy who I feel like was still coming into form after his previous injury. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. That was John Schiffen and Dan Plesak on the call from North Texas. Sox beat the Rangers. There was no doubt about that.

How did broadcasters describe the mechanics of Teel's left-ankle injury on the slide?

Vinny Rotino 1:08

The offense was dialed up 10-3 the final, but in the meantime... We say another injury for a Sox backstop that we were so excited about seeing his offensive potential, Marshall. And I think all of us, when we saw that, it looked bad. And I am not expecting good news about the injury update today.

Marshall Harris 1:26

It's just about how bad will it be is what it comes down to. Because we know he's handed to the injured list. And we know Edgar Caro is going to be on the way to Texas to rejoin the team. And I just want to point this out. Kyle Till is only batting 190 on the season. but even though he only had a 589 OPS, it was a supreme upgrade to what they were getting out of Romo and Caro at the time of his return.

Vinny Rotino 1:52

Yeah, especially, I mean, we know Caro had battled offensively and just was not showing a lot of signs, you know, for the most part, batting under 200 before he was sent down. I don't necessarily know how crucial the catching position being an offensive boost is to the White Sox because they've shown us they can win in different ways. And in Major League Baseball, you see how the practice is. Your catcher doesn't always have to provide your offense. It's just fantastic when it does.

Marshall Harris 2:21

It's nice when you don't have to put your catcher, by default, in the nine hole. And that's what the Sox were doing before they got him. I mean, this guy was batting in the middle. He batted clean up, what, the first day he played? It hurts because one of the advantages the White Sox have, one of the reasons... I thought they'd be a top 10 offense in baseball this year, is because they were going to have the length of their lineup and have threats up and down the lineup. And don't get me wrong. They do. 13 hits, seven doubles last night, and chasing Jacob DeGrom before he could get out of the fifth inning. That shows you how good the lineup is. I'm just saying, without Kyle Teal, it feels like there's now a bit of a hole.

Marshall Harris 2:59

Not like this huge hole, but it could be more solid. What we've seen since Mune came back... And a team that's won six out of seven games is an offense that looks really, really good at outscoring opponents, what, 49 to 10?

Vinny Rotino 3:13

They beat the tar out of the Rangers yesterday. They went in there and scored 10 runs.

Why are White Sox fans concerned about Teel's injury history and roster impact?

Vinny Rotino 3:19

And they did it pretty easily. And they also chased Jacob DeGrom, who had a 101 whip going into this game. Jacob DeGrom looked... Not every bit of what we've seen him be in Cy Young form, but every bit of what we've seen out of him be consistent this year, he's been a heck of a pitcher. We saw him mow down the Cubs at will pretty easily, and that's when he let everybody know the guy he was going to be on the scene this year. That's what made this so encouraging. You're able to put up a four spot in the fifth inning, and that was excellent. DeGrom only goes four and two-thirds, gave up seven hits, five earned runs, two walks and six strikeouts. You will take that every day. You will take it against that guy every single day.

Marshall Harris 4:01

And I know you and Grody are more like Miguel Vargas drives the ship kind of guys, but I'm trying to tell you.

Vinny Rotino 4:06

I don't know if he necessarily drives a ship. It's just everybody is picking each other up in this thing.