Pierzynski hopes to come off DL early

Sitting out with a fractured left wrist is not sitting well with A.J. Pierzynski.

The White Sox’ catcher is used to playing more games and logging more innings behind the plate than any of his peers.

On Thursday morning, Pierzynski traveled to the Cleveland Clinic for a second opinion on the wrist. The news was good.

Pierzynski does have a hairline fracture, but he was cleared to resume light baseball activities beginning Friday.

Eligible to come off the disabled list on Aug. 28, Pierzynski is hoping to be ready to go a few days later.

“Hopefully tomorrow start doing stuff, and hopefully the target is Sept. 1,” said Pierzynski, not realizing the Sox are off that day. “I’m going to start light, start slow. Swinging a lighter bat to get to the full range of motion. I’m probably at about 90 percent range of motion and they want to get back to 100 percent and slowly build up.

“It’s not a rush. I’m not going to come off in a day or two. It’s going to be a while, so we have some time to work with this thing and hopefully it works out.”

Pierzynski initially had the wrist examined at nearby Rush University Medical Center.

“I have full confidence in all the doctors, both at Rush and the Cleveland Clinic,” Pierzynski said. “They said I really can’t do anything worse to it, so the pain will go away and it won’t be a big deal.”

On the mend:

Dayan Viciedo came out of Wednesday night’s game with Class AAA Charlotte after diving for a ball in right field and landing on his right wrist. X-rays were negative.

Viciedo didn’t play Thursday night and is listed as day-to-day.

Take a seat:

Carlos Quentin wasn’t in the starting lineup Thursday, for multiple reasons.

Quentin was just 3-for-18 in the first five games of the White Sox’ homestand, and he’s a career 1-for-19 against Indians starter Justin Masterson.

“He’s not swinging the bat right now; he’s kind of lost a little bit at the plate,” manager Ozzie Guillen said. “Plus, he’s been playing a lot. That’s a guy we have to take care of physically. Right now, I think he’s kind of lost out there. Give him a break mentally and be ready for tomorrow.”

De Aza doings:

After going 5-for-11 in the first two games of the Indians series, Alejandro De Aza was back in the lineup for Thursday’s finale.

De Aza has been impressive since coming up from Class AAA Charlotte on July 27, and the 27-year-old outfielder is positioning himself for playing time in 2012.

“He’s playing well,” Ozzie Guillen said. “He’s swinging the bat pretty good. He can make a lot of things happen. He can hit-and-run, he can steal, he can do a lot of things.”