Eloy Jiménez on playing the outfield and finding leadership

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

If you've penciled in Oscar Colas as the White Sox starting right fielder next season, Eloy Jiménez has different ideas. Chuck Garfien and Ryan McGuffey react to Eloy's press conference on Monday in which he said that he wants to play more outfield than DH. They also discuss Eloy's comments about the White Sox not having a player who can step up and lead without José Abreu.5:40 - Eloy says he's been training to play the outfield 13:12 - Eloy on White Sox leadership19:30 - How and where will the Sox find leaders?

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Chuck Arfine.
0:09.2	Welcome to the latest edition of the White Sox Talk podcast, brought to you as always by our
0:14.3	great friends at Win Trust.
0:17.1	So going into this season, we're expecting Loy Jimenez to be the White Sox full-time DH, or at least mostly be their DH.
0:28.7	But speaking with the media on Monday, Loy has other plans for himself.
0:34.4	He wants to mostly play the outfield. And in this situation with Andrew Ben
0:40.3	and Tendi playing left, he's thinking, right. So what's going to happen with Alohimed is,
0:47.4	is he going to be a right fielder? Or is he eventually just going to be the DH? He also gave
0:52.3	some thoughts on leadership
0:54.2	or lack
0:56.3	thereof inside the
0:58.2	White Sox Clubhouse that
1:00.3	certainly raised some eyebrows.
1:02.7	So, Aloi Jimenez.
1:05.3	Right, Fielder?
1:06.6	D.H.
1:08.3	That and more.
1:09.7	With Ryan McGuffey next.
1:14.1	We know you love Chicago.
1:16.5	You devour the pizza, admire Chicago skyline, and cheer on Chicago sports teams, especially the White Sox.
1:23.9	If you wanted to live in a less amazing place, you'd settle for Cleveland.
1:29.0	Why not bank with Chicago's bank, too?
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