Chicago White Sox’s Andrew Benintendi hits a two-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Chicago, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
White Sox place OF Andrew Benintendi on injured list with left Achillies tendinitis
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 The Chicago White Sox placed outfielder Andrew Benintendi on the injured list with left Achillies tendinitis on Tuesday, before their series opener against the New York Yankees.
Chicago White Sox’s Andrew Benintendi hits a two-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Chicago, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 The Chicago White Sox placed outfielder Andrew Benintendi on the injured list with left Achillies tendinitis on Tuesday, before their series opener against the New York Yankees.
Benintendi said he has been bothered by the injury since shortly before the All-Star break.
鈥淚t鈥檚 gotten to a point where running and jogging, it鈥檚 pretty painful,鈥 the 31-year-old Benintendi said. 鈥淲e all agree that it鈥檚 the right move.鈥
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Benintendi did not start the last four games of Chicago鈥檚 final homestand and said he was playing through the injury since the White Sox were swept by the Dodgers in Los Angeles July 1-3.
鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to figure out what it really is.鈥 Benintendi said. 鈥淭he Achillies looks good. It鈥檚 just a lot of inflammation and things like that. So try to keep moving and stay off it.鈥
Chicago manager Will Venable said Benintendi was limited in what he could do.
鈥淗e was in a really tough spot,” Venable said. 鈥淗e could hit for us and he just kind of puts us in a tough spot.鈥
Benintendi, who played with the Yankees at the end of the 2022 season, has two years remaining on a five-year, $75 million contract he signed in January 2023. The left-handed hitting Benintendi is batting .240 with 20 homers and 63 RBIs in 116 games this season.
Benintendi missed nearly three weeks in May with a left calf strain after missing a week in April due to a left adductor strain.
Benintendi reached 20 homers for the third time in his career and is batting .245 with 45 homers and 172 RBIs since joining the White Sox on the largest free agent contract in team history.
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鈥淭he 20 homers is nice, but the average needs to get higher,鈥 said Benintendi, a career .267 hitter.
Benintendi helped Boston win a World Series title in 2018. He won a Gold Glove with Kansas City in 2021 and was chosen to his first All-Star team in 2022, before being traded to the Yankees, where he batted .254 in 33 games before breaking his right wrist.
To replace Benintendi, Corey Julks had his contract selected from Triple-A Charlotte. Julks played four games with the White Sox last month, was designated for assignment Aug. 12 and outrighted to the minors two days later.
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