Yoan Moncada was brilliant in the first two series of the 2023 season and reaggravated his back in the third. A lost season of multiple monthlong injured-list stints and lost mechanics can be tracked from the emergence of a protruding disk in his lower back.
“He had a tough injury when it comes to trying to keep your mechanics consistent,” White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said. “When you’ve got a back injury and you’re trying to avoid pain, you start doing things mechanically that you probably don’t even know you’re doing. Just to take a swing without any discomfort.”
