White Sox Put Carlos Rodon On Shelf With Sore Neck

By Bruce Levine

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The White Sox have taken left-handed pitcher Carlos Rodon out of the rotation for one turn after he complained of some pain in his neck and shooting down his arm over the weekend.

After an MRI indicated there was no structural damage for the 22-year-old Rodon, the team decided as a precautionary measure to have him miss his scheduled start on Thursday.

The move will be only be in place on a temporary basis.

"We had him examined on Monday," general manager Rick Hahn said. "MRIs and everything looks pretty clean. There is nothing of long-term concern. We are staying on the side of caution. That is especially easier with James (Shields) now in the rotation. We will assess in the next couple of days where he is at."

Right-hander Miguel Gonzalez will make the start against Washington in place of Rodon.

"Carlos is not real happy with the decision," Hahn said. "As we preached for a long time around here, and you saw this with the way we handled Chris Sale, we will err on the side of caution and push Carlos back."

Hahn insisted that the doctors and medical staff confirm the pain is muscular in nature.

"He will do some light throwing in the coming days," Hahn said.

"He wanted to get out there today and do his normal, day three work. We told him we were going to slow it down a little bit. He will get treatment. This is more the guys not in uniform trying to slow him down than Carlos."

Rodon is 2-5 with a 4.41 ERA in 11 starts this season.

He was the White Sox's first-round pick, at fourth overall, in the June 2014 amateur draft.