Luis Robert Jr. ‘looks ready’ in Charlotte

MILWAUKEE – Chicago White Sox outfielder Oscar Colás got a good idea of ​​the progress Luis Robert Jr. has made during his rehabilitation mission.

“He looks ready,” Colás said through a translator Sunday morning at American Family Field, the day Colás returned to the Sox after leaving Triple A. “I was fortunate to play with him with Charlotte, and physically he looks good and because of his injury he looks good too.

Robert played five games for the Knights while recovering from a right hip flexor strain.

“He played well,” Sox manager Pedro Grifol said Sunday morning. “He also went for a few balls in the gap, and (Charlotte manager Justin Jirschele) said there was no hesitation, nothing.”

Grifol said Friday that the Sox would re-evaluate Robert’s status after the weekend. The team was off Monday and begins Wrigley Field play in the City Series on Tuesday.

When Robert visited Charlotte last week, Grifol said he wanted to “make sure he was 100 percent healthy and doing the things he was capable of doing without any hesitation “.

Robert is 2-for-20 with a homer, three RBIs and three runs for the Knights after going 1-for-7 with a homer and an RBI in three games with the Arizona Complex League White Sox.

He went 0 for 5 with two strikeouts Friday against the Worcester Red Sox and 1 for 5 with two RBIs Saturday. He played center field in both games. He went 0-for-3 with a run as the designated hitter on Sunday.

Robert is 6-for-28 (.214) with two doubles, two homers and four RBIs in seven games with the Sox this season. He last played for them on April 5, when he was injured in the ninth inning while running the bases on a double. He went to IL the next day.

Also missing from the Sox lineup are third baseman Yoán Moncada (left adductor strain), designated hitter Eloy Jiménez (left hamstring strain) and left fielder Andrew Benintendi (left Achilles tendinitis ).