With temperatures not expected to rise much above freezing and a chance of snow in the afternoon, Sunday’s White Sox-Royals game was postponed. The tentative make-up date is April 28.
The White Sox, 2-0 after a comeback win over the Royals on Saturday night, now will travel to Toronto where they open a three-game series with the Blue Jays on Monday at 6:07 p.m. Reynaldo Lopez will start for the Sox against Jays lefty Jaime Garcia.
Despite the postponement, the Sox will keep their rotation in order, with Miguel Gonzalez starting game two of the Jays series on Tuesday and Carson Fulmer starting the series finale on Wednesday.
After Saturday night’s victory, the Sox announced that their top prospect, 21-year-old outfielder Eloy Jimenez, has a strained left pectoral muscle and will miss the start of the minor-league season. The injury happened during a workout at the team’s training complex in Glendale, Ariz., on Saturday. Once the injury heals, Jimenez is expected to report to Double-A Birmingham. Jimenez also missed nearly two weeks of spring training with knee tendinitis.
In 88 minor-league games at the A and AA levels last season, Jimenez posted a slash line of .312/.379/.568 with 19 homers and 65 runs batted in. The Sox acquired him from the Cubs in a trade for pitcher Jose Quintana in July.
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