White Sox starter Gavin Floyd makes early exit with elbow discomfort
The White Sox won another game Sunday, their sixth in a row.
But they might have lost starting pitcher Gavin Floyd for an extended period with an elbow injury.
Floyd only lasted 2 innings before being pulled with discomfort in his elbow.
“The first inning was fine,” Floyd said. “It felt like it was normal, what I’ve been dealing with for a little bit. When I sat down and went back out there, it kind of went back to where it was before I went on the DL.”
Floyd was on the disabled list with elbow tendinitis from July 8-23. He is scheduled to have an MRI today in Chicago.
“Obviously, I went on the DL before,” Floyd said. “It was the same area, the same kind of discomfort. I just hope it’s something that I can bounce back real quick.”
If Floyd lands on the DL again, the Sox could move Hector Santiago or Philip Humber to the rotation or bring Dylan Axelrod back from Class AAA Charlotte.
White Sox manager Robin Ventura said he doubts Floyd will make his next start, scheduled for Friday at Detroit.
“He would have to feel real good in the next couple days to be able to do that,” Ventura said. “You would assume taking a guy out in the third inning, I would be hard-pressed to put him back in there a couple days later.”
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