Burger Activated, Grandal Joins Knights on Rehab

The Charlotte Knights announced three roster moves ahead of the team's 7:04 p.m. game on Tuesday, August 17, 2021.

Chicago White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal will join the Charlotte Knights on a Major League Baseball Rehab Assignment starting tonight. Grandal, 32, started his current rehab stint with Double-A Birmingham on August 11 and appeared in four games with the Barons. The Cuban native hit .364 (4-for-11) with two runs scored and two RBIs. This season with the White Sox, Grandal is hitting .188 (34-for-181) with 42 runs scored, three doubles, 14 home runs and 38 RBIs in 63 games. He was placed on Chicago’s 10-day Injured List on July 6 with a torn tendon in his left knee.

JUST ANNOUNCED: @whitesox catcher Yasmani Grandal will join the Knights tonight on a major league rehab assignment.

Welcome to Uptown Charlotte, Yaz! pic.twitter.com/cIFwFMEneR

— Charlotte Knights (@KnightsBaseball) August 17, 2021

INF Jake Burger was activated off Charlotte’s Injured List today. He was placed on the team’s IL on August 4 (retroactive to August 3). In 46 games this season with the Knights, Burger is hitting .319 (58-for-182) with 31 runs scored, 15 doubles, one triple, 11 home runs and 38 RBIs. The 25-year-old hit .263 (10-for-38) with five runs scored, three doubles, one triple, one home run and three RBIs in 15 games with the White Sox this season after his promotion from Charlotte on July 2. He was optioned back to the Knights from the White Sox on Monday, July 26.

RHP Jonathan Stiever was placed on Charlotte’s Injured List (retroactive to August 15). In 17 games this season with the Knights (all starts), Stiever is 5-5 with a 5.84 ERA in 74.0 innings pitched. His 88 strikeouts this season are good for the fifth-best mark in the Triple-A East. Stiever, 24, entered the 2021 season ranked by Baseball America as the 7th best prospect in Chicago’s system. He was drafted by the White Sox in the fifth round of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft.