The Minnesota Twins put right-hander Bailey Ober on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation.
"Last night postgame, he came in and talked to Nick (Paparesta) a little bit, and we wanted to see how it presented this morning," Shelton said. "And then the way it presented this morning, Nick felt it was an IL."
The Twins announced the move Sunday. Ober is 6-3 with a 4.59 ERA in 66 2/3 innings this season. He allowed seven earned runs and 12 hits in 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss at Pittsburgh.
Minnesota's pitching injuries have been an issue. Pablo López is out for the season following elbow surgery, and Mick Abel went on the IL in April with right elbow inflammation. Left-hander Kendry Rojas (left elbow) went on the IL earlier this week. Right-hander Garrett Acton (right shoulder) is on the 60-day IL, and right-hander Cole Sands (right forearm) hasn't pitched in more than a month.
The Twins are also in the midst of a brutal schedule, just coming off a 10-day road trip and playing 17 straight days, something that isn't lost on Shelton.
"We got seven more, so we got to figure it out and we got Joe (Ryan) going (Monday)," he said after Sunday's loss. "So I mean, this is probably the first time a lot of these guys have been on a 10-day road trip and it's the first time they've had 17 in a row. So we gotta keep going. But you know in Bailey's situation, he'll get some imaging tomorrow so and we'll kind of go from there."
Braxton Ashcraft struck out 11 in six innings, Ryan O’Hearn and Nick Gonzales homered, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the skidding Minnesota Twins 9-3 on Sunday to complete their three-game sweep.
Ashcraft (5-2) allowed two runs and five hits with no walks, sending the Twins to their fifth straight defeat.
Brooks Lee had a two-run homer in the sixth and a solo shot in the ninth for Minnesota.
Chicago White Sox (32-27, second in the AL Central) vs. Minnesota Twins (27-33, third in the AL Central)
Minneapolis; Monday, 6:40 p.m. Pregame 6:00 p.m. on 830 WCCO and the Audacy app (in-market only)
PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: David Sandlin (1-0, 1.50 ERA, 0.17 WHIP, four strikeouts); Twins: Joe Ryan (3-3, 2.94 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 70 strikeouts)
LINE: Twins -171, White Sox +143; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox are looking to extend a five-game win streak with a victory against the Minnesota Twins.
Minnesota is 27-33 overall and 15-14 at home. The Twins have hit 64 total home runs to rank seventh in the AL.
Chicago has a 32-27 record overall and a 12-16 record in road games. The White Sox have gone 15-6 in games when they did not give up a home run.
Monday's game is the fifth time these teams meet this season. The White Sox have a 3-1 advantage in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Byron Buxton has 10 doubles, a triple and 17 home runs for the Twins. Luke Keaschall is 11 for 35 with two doubles over the last 10 games.
Miguel Vargas has nine doubles, a triple and 13 home runs while hitting .232 for the White Sox. Munetaka Murakami is 8 for 35 with two doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Twins: 4-6, .234 batting average, 6.27 ERA, outscored by 20 runs
White Sox: 7-3, .251 batting average, 3.46 ERA, outscored opponents by 20 runs
INJURIES: Twins: Bailey Ober: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kendry Rojas: 15-Day IL (elbow), David Festa: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Garrett Acton: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Jeffers: 10-Day IL (hand), Cole Sands: 15-Day IL (forearm), Mick Abel: 15-Day IL (elbow), Pablo Lopez: 60-Day IL (elbow)
White Sox: Derek Hill: day-to-day (back), Munetaka Murakami: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Jordan Leasure: 60-Day IL (flexor), Noah Schultz: 15-Day IL (knee), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Austin Hays: 10-Day IL (calf), Jordan Hicks: 15-Day IL (lat), Everson Pereira: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kyle Teel: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tanner Murray: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brooks Baldwin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil: 60-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow)
