The White Sox optioned Opening Day second baseman Micah Johnson to Triple-A on Thursday after the 24-year-old hit .270/.330/.297 over 27 games in April and May.
A corresponding move will be made prior to Friday's series opener against Oakland, though it's likely the club will recall Carlos Sanchez from Triple-A Charlotte. Sanchez has won two International League Player of the Week awards since being optioned to Charlotte April 11 and has a .344/.368/.466 slash line over 29 Triple-A games this year.
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Offensively, Johnson appeared to be rounding into form over his last 10 starts, hitting .310/.375/.345 with a stolen base while largely hitting at the bottom of the White Sox order. Defensively, though, Johnson didn't rate as well as his minus-8 defensive runs saved (via FanGraphs) ranked last among 23 qualified second basemen.
Emilio Bonifacio started two games at second base last weekend against Cincinnati and again Wednesday in Milwaukee.