It Could Have Been A Lot Worse For Eloy Jiménez

White Sox rookie Eloy Jiménez left Friday’s game in the third inning, when he crashed into the outfield wall and injured his ankle. He was able to walk off the field with help from the team trainer and fortunately for Jiménez and the White Sox the injury isn’t as bad as it could have been.

The White Sox announced on Sunday that Jiménez has been placed on the 10-day injured list retroactive to April 27. The left fielder will be re-evaluated in a couple weeks.

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— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) April 28, 2019

Eloy Jimenez says his ankle feels much better than it did on Friday. He’ll be re-evaluated in two weeks.

— Chuck Garfien (@ChuckGarfien) April 28, 2019

Here was the play, when his ankle got pinned up against the wall against the Tigers.

#WhiteSox outfielder Eloy Jimenez (#MLB's No. 3 prospect) left tonight's game with a right ankle sprain. Good news: X-rays were negative, per @scottmerkin, and he'll be reevaluated tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/8sb0yRu1jV

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) April 27, 2019

Despite still being in pain, the rookie says he’s feeling better and extremely lucky it wasn’t more serious.

Eloy Jimenez says he feels lucky the ankle injury wasn’t worse. “It’s going to be good. It’s going to be alright.”

— Chuck Garfien (@ChuckGarfien) April 28, 2019

After signing a record-breaking contract before his first MLB at-bat, Jiménez has three home runs and eight RBIs, hitting .241 (19-for-79) in his first 21 games.