Jul 19, 2025, 03:41 PM ET<\/p>\n
The Chicago White Sox<\/a> placed All-Star right-hander Shane Smith<\/a> on the 15-day injured list on Saturday due to a sprained left ankle.<\/p>\n The move is retroactive to Wednesday.<\/p>\n It wasn’t immediately known when Smith sustained the injury. The rookie last pitched in Tuesday’s All-Star Game when he faced two batters in the eighth inning, hitting Eugenio Suarez<\/a> with a pitch before retiring James Wood<\/a> on an inning-ending grounder.<\/p>\n Smith, 25, is 3-7 with a 4.26 ERA and 81 strikeouts in 18 starts for the White Sox. He is the franchise’s first rookie pitcher to make the All-Star team.<\/p>\n Chicago also recalled right-hander Wikelman Gonzalez from Triple-A Charlotte, activated outfielder Brooks Baldwin<\/a> from the 10-day IL and optioned outfielder Will Robertson<\/a> to Charlotte.<\/p>\n Gonzalez, 23, was 6-0 with a 4.44 ERA in 16 relief appearances at Charlotte. He had a 4.50 ERA in two appearances with the White Sox earlier this season.<\/p>\n Baldwin, 24, has been sidelined with a lower back strain sustained earlier this month. He is batting .227 with four homers and 20 RBIs in 54 games this season.<\/p>\n