By Dave van Dyck
Tribune staff reporter
August 5, 2005, 11:11 PM CDT
The White Sox insisted again Friday that DH Carl Everett would not be sidelined long enough to go on the disabled list.
Everett said his right groin, strained during a rundown Thursday, was a "little better" than the day before.
"He just got hurt, and we're going to wait another 24 hours to see how far he is away from being in the lineup," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "I think it is real mild. He should be ready in a couple of days."
Guillen used usual first baseman Paul Konerko as the DH on Friday, with utility player Geoff Blum at first. If Everett is forced to the DL, the likely call-up would be Joe Borchard, who has 20 homers and 50 RBIs at Triple-A Charlotte.
Interestingly, Borchard's name keeps surfacing in trade rumors for San Diego third baseman Sean Burroughs, who would be used as insurance against Joe Crede's aching back. Both are former first-round draft picks now in the minors. The trade was discussed before the July 31 deadline but fizzled out.
The deal now would be very complicated, almost impossible, because both players would have to clear major-league waivers. With the Sox and Padres both in pennant races, either player clearing waivers for a known trade would be unlikely.
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