‘Got the best possible news’: Chicago White Sox LF Austin Hays begins recovery process from hamstring strain
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Austin Hays thought he did serious damage while suffering a right hamstring injury during Monday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles. The Chicago White Sox left fielder later received an encouraging evaluation.
“When it first happened, I thought it was going to be worse,” Hays said Thursday at Kauffman Stadium. “Obviously not a great situation. But I think for what it is, got the best possible news we could have gotten on the MRI, just a low-grade strain.
“Obviously frustrated, not where I want to be, but given the circumstances, it could have been a lot worse. We’re looking at a pretty short timeline, if everything goes well (and) my body can heal the way I know it can. So I feel blessed with the news that we got from the MRI and where it’s at now, and how I think we can progress with this.
” The Sox placed Hays on the 10-day injured list Tuesday. Manager Will Venable estimated Hays could be out two to four weeks. Hays is hopeful for a speedy recovery.
“You can never nail down a perfect timeline,” Hays said. “It ranges, you just don’t know how your body’s going to respond, but I’ve had low-grade strains in the past and (when) you’re kind of in that two-to-three-week range, you’re starting to get pretty close to like, ‘I think I can really let it go now. ’ “So hopefully we start getting to that two-week range, I’m going to be feeling really good.
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