CHICAGO -- One day after announcing he was stepping away from baseball, Yermin Mercedes was back with the Chicago White Sox's Triple-A affiliate.
The White Sox confirmed Thursday that Mercedes, the surprising rookie who carried the team with his booming bat early in the season and got sent to the minors following a prolonged slump, was in uniform for the Charlotte Knights' game against the Durham Bulls.
Mercedes also apologized Thursday in an Instagram post.
"I'm never going to give up," he wrote. "I spent 10 years in the minor league and I have always understood that this is a big and long process but the talent that I have shown speaks for itself.