CHICAGO — Boston outfielder Tyler O’Neill goes to relaxation for a few days earlier than the Purple Sox resolve on a attainable return to the injured record for his ailing proper knee.
Supervisor Alex Cora mentioned O’Neill will sit out this weekend’s video games in opposition to the Chicago White Sox. The workforce is off Monday, and it’s hoping to have him again within the lineup Tuesday in opposition to Philadelphia.
“If we will benefit from the following three days and keep away from the IL, that is what we’ll do,” Cora mentioned.
O’Neill was activated from the 10-day IL on Wednesday after being sidelined by proper knee irritation. He tweaked his knee when he hauled in Paul DeJong’s fly ball within the second inning of Friday’s 7-2 loss to the White Sox. After Lenyn Sosa popped as much as catcher for Chicago’s first out of the third, O’Neill walked off the sphere with Cora and a coach.
O’Neill was acquired by Boston in a December commerce with St. Louis. He went on the IL with the knee difficulty on Might 29.
O’Neill, who turns 29 on June 22, is batting .250 with 11 homers and 18 RBIs in 44 video games.
“This man desires to play,” Cora mentioned. “He is been very vocal about it. It simply occurred that yesterday he did not really feel nice on the market and we took him out of the sport.”
