Tommy Pham is currently dealing with a dental issue, meaning the Chicago White Sox will be without their leadoff man against the Minnesota Twins on Monday.
Veteran outfielder Tommy Pham has been scratched from the Chicago White Sox's starting lineup against the Minnesota Twins on Monday night, the team has announced.
Pham was supposed to bat leadoff and start in center field on Monday. Instead, third baseman Lenyn Sosa has moved up from seventh to first in the lineup, while Corey Julks is starting in center and batting eighth.on April 15, after all, and he was only called up to the big leagues when the team was coming off
Pham is batting .268 with four home runs, 16 RBI, five stolen bases, a .705 OPS and a 0.1 WAR in 55 appearances. The White Sox's 20-35 record when Pham takes the field certainly isn't particularly impressive, but it is leagues better than their 6-31 mark without him. Outside of the 11 days Pham spent on the injured list in early June with a sprained left ankle, the veteran has been remarkably available. Monday marks just the third game he will have missed since joining the White Sox, excluding his brief IL stint.
Pham is also the lone qualified Chicago batter with a batting average over .250. Just in his last five games, Pham has been hitting .304.over the years, playing a key role in the D-Backs winning the National League pennant last fall. He is 77 hits away from 1,000 for his career, as well as 53 RBI shy of the 500 mark.Sam Connon is a Staff Writer for Fastball on the Sports Illustrated/FanNation networks.
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