Chicago White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham. Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Second baseman Gordon Beckham likely will be out longer than the White Sox anticipated.
Beckham, sidelined due to a strained left oblique muscle, began a rehab assignment Thursday with Double-A Birmingham, going 0-for-3.
However, he has not played since because his oblique flared up again and is tender when he swings. He was pulled again from the lineup Saturday and won’t play again until he feels better.
Asked Sunday if Beckham were feeling discomfort in his oblique again, White Sox manager Robin Ventura nodded yes.
“We didn’t feel comfortable putting him back in there,” Ventura said Sunday before the White Sox’s 5-1 win over the Kansas City Royals. “We were being cautious.”
There is no timetable for when Beckham will play again.
“When he can play quite a few games in a row, then we’ll have something and we can talk about getting him back here,” Ventura said.
Beckham was injured in spring training and began the season on the disabled list. Last season he hit .267 in 103 games, missing seven weeks with a broken left hamate bone. It was his lowest game total since he appeared in 103 as a rookie in 2009.
