The White Sox have placed 30-year old righty starting pitcher Gavin Floyd on the 15-day disabled list due to a strained flexor muscle in his right elbow.  Floyd has pitched in 5 games (all starts) for the Pale Hose so far this year and he is 0-4 with a 5.18 ERA and a 1.60 WHIP.  Floyd will be replaced in the starting rotation by 25-year old lefty reliever Hector Santiago.  Santiago has pitched in 7 games (0 starts) for the White Sox so far this year and he is 0-1 with a 2.51 ERA and a 1.12 WHIP.  Santiago is capable of doing a good job as a starter, but the Pale Hose will miss his power arm out of the pen.

UPDATE:  (5/6/2013) - Gavin Floyd has underwent Tommy John surgery and he will miss the next 14-19 months.

The White Sox have placed 24-year old righty swinging starting LF Dayan Viciedo on the 15-day disabled list due to a left oblique strain.  He has played in 13 games for the White Sox so far this year and he is 11 for 48 (.229 avg, .646 OPS) with 3 runs scored, 2 homers and 5 RBIs.  He has been swinging at everything this year as he has already whiffed 16 times without even walking once.  But, that’s how he plays and the White Sox don’t mind trading whiffs for homers.  35-year old lefty swinging DeWayne Wise and 26-year old lefty swinging Jordan Danks will likely get most of the P.T. until Viciedo is ready to return to action.  Wise has played in 10 games for the White Sox so far this year and he is 2 for 13 (.154 avg, .308 OPS) with 1 run scored, 1 RBI and 1 stolen base.  Danks has played in 2 games for the Pale Hose so far this year and he is 1 for 2 (.500 avg, 1.000 OPS).  The White Sox have also called up 25-year old lefty swinging outfielder Blake Tekotte to replace Viciedo on the active roster.  Tekotte played in 1 game in AAA-ball this year and he was 0 for 2 (.000 avg, .333 OPS).  He has played in 30 games in his majors so far in his career and he is 8 for 49 (.163 avg, .451 OPS) with 1 run scored, 1 RBI and 3 stolen bases.

The White Sox have placed 29-year old righty swinging infielder Angel Sanchez on the 15-day disabled list due to a strained lower back.  Sanchez has played in only 1 game for the Pale Hose so far this year and he is 0 for 2 (.000 avg, .000 OPS).  The White Sox have called up 29-year old righty swinging infielder Tyler Greene to replace Sanchez on the active roster.  Greene played in 8 games in AAA-ball for the White Sox this year and he was 9 for 34 (.265 avg, .629 OPS) with 7 runs scored, 0 homers and 4 RBIs.  Greene has played in 266 games in his first four years in the majors and he is 139 of 621 (.224 avg, .647 OPS) with 79 runs scored, 16 homers, 58 RBIs and 28 stolen bases.

The Chicago White Sox will be without 26-year old righty swinging starting 2B Gordon Beckham for the next 6-8 weeks due to a fractured hamate bone in his left hand.  Beckham has played in 7 games for the White Sox this year and he is 6 for 19 (.316 avg, .649 OPS) with 1 run scored, 0 homers and 1 RBI.  32-year old righty swinging Jeff Keppinger will shift to 2B with 25-year old lefty swinging Conor Gillaspie taking over at 3B until Beckham is ready to return to action.  Keppinger has played in 7 games for the White Sox so far this year and he is 4 for 30 (.133 avg, .267 OPS) with 3 runs scored, 0 homers and 0 RBIs.  Gillaspie has played in 8 games for the Pale Hose so far this year and he is 5 for 12 (.417 avg, 1.000 OPS) with 2 runs scored, 0 homers and 0 RBIs.  The White Sox should be o.k. until Beckham is ready to return to action.

UPDATE:  (4/12/2013) - The White Sox have called up 27-year old righty reliever Deunte Heath to replace Gordon Beckham on the active roster.  Heath pitched in 2 games (0 starts) in AAA-ball for the White Sox so far in 2013 and he was 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA and a 0.67 WHIP.  He got his first taste of the majors for the White Sox last year, working in 3 games (0 starts) in which he was 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA and a 1.50 WHIP.

The White Sox have placed 27-year old lefty starting pitcher John Danks on the 15-day disabled list due to a shoulder problem.  He pitched in 4 games (all starts) in spring training for the White Sox and he was 0-2 with a 16.36 ERA and a 2.91 WHIP.  Danks gave up 27 hits (5 homers) in only 11 innings this spring….which is far beyond awful.  Danks has pitched in 159 games (all starts) in his first six years with the White Sox and he is 57-60 with a 4.12 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP.  Righty Dylan Axelrod will replace Danks in the rotation until he’s ready to return to action.

The White Sox have placed 27-year old lefty reliever Leyson Septimo on the 15-day D.L.  He pitched in 21 games (0 starts) in his first taste of the majors for the White Sox last year and he was 0-2 with a 5.02 ERA and a 0.98 WHIP.  Septimo also pitched in 24 games (0 starts) in AAA-ball for the White Sox last year and he was 2-1 with 1 save, a 1.31 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP.  Septimo will likely be sent to AAA-ball when he gets healthy enough to pitch.  He might get another chance with the Pale Hose later on in 2013.

The White Sox have lost 20-year old lefty swinging 1B Keon Barnum for the next six weeks due to hand surgery.  He played in 13 games in Rookie-ball last year for the White Sox and he was 12 of 43 (.279 avg, .859 OPS) with 6 runs scored, 3 homers and 8 RBIs.  Barnum comes into the season as the White Sox’ #8 prospect according to Baseball America.  He was a first round pick (#48 overall) of the 2012 June Amateur Draft.  The White Sox have high hopes for Barnum…..down the road.

The White Sox have placed 29-year old righty starting pitcher Gavin Floyd on the 15-day disabled list due to a strained right elbow. Floyd has pitched in 24 games (all starts) for the Pale Hose so far this year and he is 9-9 with a 4.55 ERA and a 1.43 WHIP. Contrary to Floyd’s career splits, he has not pitched well late in the year in 2012. He has started 5 games for the White Sox in August and he was 1-0 with a 5.96 ERA and a 1.85 WHIP. Even though Floyd has been pitching poorly lately, the White Sox are going to miss him while he’s out of action.

The White Sox have placed 28-year old lefty swinging, starting CF Alejandro De Aza on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to August 18th, due to bruised left ribs. De Aza has played in 111 games for the White Sox so far this year and he is 125 of 445 (.281 avg, .744 OPS) with 73 runs scored, 6 homers, 44 RBIs and 21 stolen bases. The White Sox have called up 26-year old lefty swinging outfielder Jordan Danks to replace De Aza on the active roster. Danks has played in 29 games for the White Sox already this year and he is 13 of 49 (.265 avg, .621 OPS) with 8 runs scored, 1 homer, 3 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. Danks will likely share P.T. in CF with Dewayne Wise until De Aza returns to action.

The White Sox have placed 34-year old switch-hitting infielder Orlando Hudson on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to August 16th due to a bruised left toe. Hudson has played in 36 games for the Pale Hose so far this year and he is 20 for 110 (.182 avg, .516 OPS) with 7 runs scored, 1 homer, 11 RBIs and 1 stolen base. He has now played in 71 games overall for the White Sox and Padres this year and he is 46 of 233 (.197 avg, .548 OPS) with 18 runs scored, 2 homers, 22 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. The White Sox won’t likely miss him too much while he’s out of action.